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BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

Akira Yamada, director of the Meiji University's Defunct Imperial Japanese Army Noborito Laboratory Museum for Education in Peace in Kawasaki, explains weapons used for guerrilla warfare on Nov. 13.
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Dec 10, 2025
Guerrilla weapons made for Japan mainland battle on display
A special exhibition highlighting the laboratory¡¯s activities during the period has opened at a museum in Kawasaki which occupies part of the former facility.
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History
Aug 13, 2025
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan¡¯s germ warfare
In a dusty box, a Nagano man finds proof his father served in Nanjing, China, with Unit 1644, part of Japan¡¯s covert biological weapons network during World War II.
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / History
Aug 13, 2025
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
For 95-year-old Hideo Shimizu, the 4? months he spent with the biological and chemical warfare unit of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army were just like yesterday.
A screenshot of a Chinese box office app showing info on the film "731"
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Aug 1, 2025
Release of Unit 731-themed film delayed in China
¡°731¡± had been drawing attention in China even ahead of its planned release.
Lists containing the names and details of members of biological warfare units that the former Imperial Japanese Army had stationed in China
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May 21, 2025
Name lists of former Imperial Japanese Army biowarfare units released
The National Archives has disclosed details of the members of two units based in China to researchers looking to uncover the mysteries surrounding them.
The dark side of artificial intelligence is that it could make deadly and low-cost bioweapons more accessible to nonstate actors.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2024
AI may save us, or may construct viruses to kill us
One reason biological weapons haven¡¯t been much used is that they can boomerang. If Russia released a virus in Ukraine, it could spread to Russia.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2023
Tokyo court rules executives of spray dryer firm were wrongly indicted
The case involving Ohkawara Kakohki, a Yokohama-based manufacturer, has once again highlighted problems in the nation¡¯s criminal justice system.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2019
Focus on North Korea¡¯s nuclear arsenal obscures threat posed by chemical and biological weapons
As U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held their summit in Vietnam, the narrow focus on nuclear weapons obscured a major danger: Kim holds the whip in a three-ring circus of weapons of mass destruction. The other two rings, adjacent and in many ways more frightening, feature...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2018
Russia to respond by expelling U.K. diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens
Russia is set to expel British diplomats in retaliation for Prime Minister Theresa May¡¯s decision to kick out 23 Russians as relations with London crashed to a post-Cold War low over an attack with military-grade nerve agent on English soil.
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
With sanctions and condemnation, U.S. hints it is taking tougher stance toward Russia
By imposing new sanctions on Russia and condemning a suspected Russian chemical attack in Britain, Washington has hinted at a tougher stance toward Moscow despite President Donald Trump¡¯s stated desire for better ties.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
West calls on Russia to explain nerve toxin attack on former double agent
Britain, the United States, Germany and France jointly called on Russia on Thursday to explain a military-grade nerve toxin attack in England on a former Russian double agent, which they said threatened Western security.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2018
U.N. chief plans major disarmament push but U.S. skeptical
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to launch a major push for disarmament talks covering everything from nuclear and cyber war to small arms, braving certain U.S. resistance to such bold initiatives, officials and experts said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2017
North Korea begins tests to load anthrax onto ICBMs: report
North Korea has begun tests to load anthrax onto intercontinental ballistic missiles, Asahi Shimbun reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified person connected to South Korea¡¯s intelligence services.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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