Sato Shunji

Satō Shunji (佐藤 俊二^?, September 12, 1896 – January 2, 1977) was a Japanese physician during the first half of the 20th century and a commander in the Imperial Japanese Army. From 1941 to 1943 he was chief of Unit 8604, a biological warfare unit that operated in Southern China. From 1944 onwards he was Chief of Medical Service of the IJA 5th Army.

In the Khabarovsk War Crime Trials carried out by the Soviet Union after the war he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years' incarceration. In 1956, due to the recovery of the Soviet-Japanese diplomatic relations, he was released after being held for seven years.

References

• Materials on the Trial of Former Servicemen of the Japanese Army Charged with Manufacturing and Employing Bacteriological Weapons / Documents relatifs au procès des anciens Militaires de l'Armée Japonaise accusés d'avoir préparé et employé l'Arme Bactériologique / 細菌戦用兵器ノ準備及ビ使用ノ廉デ起訴サレタ元日本軍軍人ノ事件ニ関スル公判書類 / 前日本陸軍軍人因準備和使用細菌武器被控案審判材料, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1950, p. 524, OCLC 24964936 
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