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Tokyo was going to use bacteriological weapons in 1944, according to RIA Novosti. This is evidenced by documents first published by the FSB (the Russian Federal Security Service).
The declassified documents from the FSB archive include published protocols of interrogation of Otozo Yamada. He was the last commander of the Kwantung Army, and previously commanded an army stationed on the Soviet border. He was interrogated as part of the Khabarovsk trial.
Yamada approved the use of the "Shiro Ishii system" bacteriological bomb. It was named after the microbiologist, who headed the group conducting biological experiments. Prisoners of war from the USSR, Korea and China became their victims.
Ishii created a bomb with a ceramic body. It was planned to be stuffed with plague-infected fleas. The bomb had to detonate above the ground in order to widely infect the area.
During the war years, Japan remained an ally of Hitler's Germany and did not abandon the plan for a war against the USSR. The Japanese ruling circles and the national special services pinned great hopes on the use of bacteriological weapons in war conditions. The documents indicate that in 1944 the leadership of the Kwantung Army ordered to expand the production of bacteriological mass. This clearly indicates that Japan was preparing for bacteriological warfare.
The Japanese military conducted inhuman experiments on people, which inevitably led to their death. According to various estimates, from 3,000 to 10,000 people died within the walls of the laboratories.
Russkiy Mir
