Ishii Shiro (石井四郎) (1889/1890-1959) was the Lieutenant General of Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Sino-Japanese War. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Body disposal at Unit 731 Unit 731 was a secret military medical unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that researched biological warfare and other topics through human experimentation during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and World War II era. ... The Imperial Japanese Army (大日本帝国陸軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official armed force of Japan from 1867 to 1945. ... The Second Sino-Japanese War was a major invasion of eastern China by Japan preceding and during World War II. It ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. ...

He was born in Chiyoda on June 25, 1892. Although considered a selfish and pushy individual, nonethless he excelled at Kyoto Imperial University in the field of medicine. He also courted and married the daughter of the school president. In 1920 Ishii graduated from and enlisted in the Army, where he was soon commissioned as an officer. Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan (京都大学 Kyōto daigaku, abbreviated to 京大 Kyōdai) is the second oldest university of Japan and one of leading national universities having a total of roughly 22,000 students. ... Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with maintaining health and restoring it by treating disease. ...

Ishii found himself assigned to the 1st Army Hospital and Army Medical School in Tokyo in 1922. There his work impressed his superiors enough to gain him post-graduate medical schooling back at the Kyoto Imperial University, two years later.

Ishii took a two-year tour of the West starting in 1928. In his travels Ishii did extensive research on the effects of biological warfare and chemical warfare developments from World War I onwards. It was a highly successful mission and helped win him the patronage of Minister of Army Araki Sadao. Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease-causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war. ... Dressing the wounded during a gas attack by Austin O. Spare, 1918. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Araki Sadao (荒木 貞夫, May 26, 1877 - November 2, 1966) was a Japanese soldier born in Tokyo. ...

In 1932 he began his preliminary experiments. 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...

In 1936, Unit 731, a biological-warfare unit disguised as a water-purification unit, was formed. Ishii built a huge compound -- more than 150 buildings over six square kilometers -- outside the city of Harbin, China. Some 10,000 test subjects, which Ishii and his peers called "logs," eventually died at the compound. 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Body disposal at Unit 731 Unit 731 was a secret military medical unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that researched biological warfare and other topics through human experimentation during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and World War II era. ... Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease-causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war. ... Water purification, or drinking water treatment, is the process of removing contaminants from surface water or groundwater to make it safe and palatable for human consumption. ... Harbin on Chinas map Harbin (Simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; Traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian Харби́н Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city in north-east China and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province. ...

In 1942, Ishii began field tests of germ warfare on Chinese soldiers and civilians. Tens of thousands died of bubonic plague, cholera, anthrax and other diseases. 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... A civilian is a person who is not a member of a military. ... Bubonic plague is an infectious disease that is believed to have caused several epidemics or pandemics throughout history. ... distribution of cholera Cholera (also called Asiatic cholera) is an infectious disease of the gastrointestinal tract caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. ...

In 1945, Japanese troops blew up the headquarters of Unit 731 in the final days of the Pacific War. Ishii ordered 150 remaining "logs" killed to cover up their experimentation. 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Pacific War, which is known in Japan as the Greater East Asia War and in China as the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (kang-Ri zhanzheng, literally Resist Japan War), occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in Asia. ...

In 1946 the U.S. cover-up of a secret deal with Ishii and Unit 731 leaders -- germ warfare data based on human experimentation would be offered in exchange for immunity from war-crimes prosecution -- began in earnest. Deal was concluded two years later. 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Medical experiments on human beings are an important part of medical research, and many people volunteer for clinical trials of medical treatments. ... In a medical sense, immunity is a state of having sufficient biological defenses to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...

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Shiro Ishii

Shiro Ishii was a Japanese army microbiologist and war time criminal. He used human subjects in his germ warfare experiments during WWII. From Japan’s notorious Unit 731 located in Pingfan, Manchuria (a facility rivalling Germany’s notorious Auschwitz concentration camp), Ishii conducted brutal human experiments, initially using anthrax, glanders and plague. Human test subjects were euphemistically referred to as 'logs'. A smaller camp housing mostly American, British, Australian and New Zealand POW’s was located in Mukden, Manchuria. http://www. ... http://www. ... Japans honor guard often marches to greet the arrival of foreign dignitaries. ... Microbiology (in Greek micron = small and biologia = studying life) is the study of microorganisms, including unicellular (single-celled) eukaryotes and prokaryotes, fungi, and viruses. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... National language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest city Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ... Body disposal at Unit 731 Unit 731 was a secret military medical unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that researched biological warfare and other topics through human experimentation during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and World War II era. ... Pingfan was the headquarters of the Japanese Biological Warfare Unit 731 during World War II. Situated on the outskirts of Harbin, China, it had an airport, railway and dungeons. ... Extent according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Northeast China (Simplified Chinese: 东北; Traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: ; literally east-north) and Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified Chinese: 满洲; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; pinyin: ) are names of a region... The Federal Republic of Germany is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... Auschwitz is the name loosely used to identify three main Nazi German concentration camps and 45-50 sub-camps. ... Glanders is an infectious disease that occurs primarily in horses, mules, and donkeys. ... Plague redirects here. ... The term camp—normally used as an adjective, even though earliest recorded uses employed it mainly as a verb—refers to the deliberate and sophisticated use of kitsch, mawkish or corny themes and styles in art, clothing or conversation. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Major districts of Shenyang. ...

Unlike similar war criminals, Ishii was never brought to justice. Instead, he was given immunity by the American authorities in exchange for his research, despite the tales of biological experimentation recounted by returning Allied POW’s. In 1948, US military officials, who were anxious to keep Ishii's experimental data out of Soviet hands, and equally anxious to gain knowledge from his brutal experiments, secretly granted immunity to all members of Ishii’s Unit in exchange for their data; one of the largest post-WWII cover-ups. Justice is a concept involving the fair, moral, and impartial treatment of all persons, especially in law. ... In a medical sense, immunity is a state of having sufficient biological defenses to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion. ... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

Shiro Ishii died in 1959. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...