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The 731st Japanese Invasion Army was the organization that committed one of the most brutal war crimes during the Japanese imperialist invasion of China.

In Chinese textbooks and history education, Unit 731 is taught in great detail and with great importance. This unit, led by Shiro Ishii, built a huge secret research facility in Pingfang District, Harbin City, called many innocent people, including Chinese people, "Martas" (logs) and conducted biological experiments on them to develop biological weapons such as the plague bacterium, cholera bacterium, and anthrax bacterium. Atrocities such as frostbite experiments, barometric pressure experiments, and vivisection were carried out systematically, completely denying human dignity.

The number of victims was estimated at more than 3,000, including not only Chinese, but also Russians, Koreans, and Mongolians. In addition, Unit 731 used bacteriological weapons in various parts of China, carrying out bacteriological warfare in Ningbo and Changde, Zhejiang Province, distributing plague bacteria. As a result, hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians are said to have lost their lives to the epidemic. After the war, the fact that the United States exempted those involved in Unit 731 in exchange for experimental data has been strongly criticized as a historical stain that shows that justice was not fully served. Harbin's ``Japanese Invasion Army 731st Guild Evidence Exhibition Hall'' is an important educational facility that conveys this history to future generations.

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