A copy of a document substantiating details of the Imperial Japanese Army's Unit 731, and evidence of atrocities during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45). [Photo/China Daily] ...

Every year, 400 to 600 new prisoners were taken to Unit 731. At least 5,000 people died from the tortures they underwent there during the 13 years, according to the Unit 731 museum, which was built on ...

Torture and Medical Atrocities Unit 731 became a barb-wired prison camp, where researchers deliberately infected their human subjects with pathogens like anthrax, botulism, cholera and bubonic plague.

The museum has refused to display testimony from local Unit 731 members, including Shimizu, saying it was too lengthy, and in some cases, too graphic for children.

Hideo Shimizu, a former member of the Japanese Army Unit 731's Youth Corps, expresses repentance on Tuesday before the Apology and Peace Monument at the Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by the ...

Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, identified the crimes of the Japanese army on Tuesday at the site where he served 79 ...

Unit 731 was built in 1936 in modern-day Harbin, northeastern China, for the Japanese Imperial Army to conduct research into germ warfare, weapons capabilities and the limits of the human body.

Far from the hustle and bustle at these hot tourist spots in the city, the Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by the Japanese Army Unit 731 is located in Pingfang District. Yet, many visitors came here, ...

In 2015, a new museum at the site was opened to the public. The new museum is divided into six exhibition rooms, displaying relics excavated from the remains of Unit 731's headquarters.