Khabarovsk War Crime Trials
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Khabarovsk War Crime Trials were a series of hearings held between December 25 - 31st, 1949 in the Russian industrial city of Khabarovsk, (Хабáровск) situated on the Russian Far East (Дáльний Востóк). Here, 12 members of the Kantogun were put on trial for the manufacture and use of biological weapons during World War Two. All twelve were found guilty, and sentenced to terms between 2 and 25 years of labour camps. All were repatriated to Japan in 1956. It has been suggested that the accused were given light sentences in a plea bargain which provided the Soviet Union with all the data and notes pertaining to the work of Unit 731.
[edit] Accused and their sentences
- General Yamada Otsuzo, former Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army • 25 years
- Lt-General Kajitsuka Ryuji, former Chief of Medical Administration • 25 years
- Lt-General Takahashi Takaatsu, former Chief of the Veterinary Service • 25 years
- Major General Kawashima Kiyoshi, former Chief of Unit 731 • 25 years
- Major Karasawa Tomio, former Chief of a section of Unit 731 • 18 years
- Lt-Colonal Nishi Toshihide, former Chief of a division of Unit 731 • 20 years
- Major Onoue Masao, former Chief of a branch of Unit 731 • 12 years
- Major General Sato Shunji, former Chief of Medical Service, 5th Army • 20 years
- Lt. Hirazakura Zensaku, former researcher of Unit 100 • 10 years
- Senior Sergeant Mitomo Kazuo, former member of Unit 100 • 15 years
- Corporal Kikuchi Norimitsu, former medical orderly of Branch 643 of Unit 731 • 2 years
- Kurushima Yuji, former lab orderly of Branch 162 of Unit 731 • 3 years
[edit] See also
- Japanese war crimes
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East
- Military history of the Soviet Union
