A History of Japan’s Unit 731 and Implications for Modern Biological Warfare

Abstract

To prevent another biological warfare like the atrocious experiments conducted by Japan's Unit 731 during WWII, the research aims to discuss the history of Unit 731 and its experiments, as well as the postwar investigation led by the United States. Evidence of these inhumane experiments are listed and condemned, so are the investigators who help conceal their crimes. The analysis calls for a public exposure of the Unit 731 data and a global consensus on a ban of biological warfare in the name of scientific experiments.