What research and development unit allegedly involved ex-soldier Yasuji Kaneko?
Unit 731 Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊 , Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai ) was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) of World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japan. Unit 731 was based at the Pingfang district of Harbin, the largest city in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (now Northeast China).
Genjirō Kaneko Genjirō Kaneko (金子 原二郎 , Kaneko Genjirō , born May 8, 1944) is a Japanese politician and member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has represented the Nagasaki At-large district in the House of Councillors of the national Diet since his election in the July 2010 Councillors election. Kaneko is a native of Ikitsuki, Nagasaki and graduate of Keio University.