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I knew a bit from these references....
Popular culture[edit]
Portrayed by Min Ji-hwan in the 1991-1992 MBC TV series Eyes of Dawn.
In the Season 6, Episode 7 of The Blacklist (TV series), entitled General Shiro, an assassin utilizes beetles to target victims involved in creating pesticides. Many references were made in regards to the real General Shiro.
Portrayed by Gang Wang in the 1988 film Men Behind The Sun.
War crime immunity[edit]
Ishii was arrested by United States authorities during the Occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, and along with other Unit 731 leaders, were to be thoroughly interrogated by Soviet authorities.[8] Instead, Ishii and his team managed to negotiate and receive immunity in 1946 from Japanese war-crimes prosecution before the Tokyo tribunal in exchange for their full disclosure of their germ warfare data based on human experimentation.
Although the Soviet authorities wished the prosecutions to take place, the United States objected after the reports of the investigating US microbiologists.
Among these was Dr. Edwin Hill, the Chief of Fort Detrick, whose report stated that the information was "absolutely invaluable", it "could never have been obtained in the United States because of scruples attached to experiments on humans", and "the information was obtained fairly cheaply".[8]
On 6 May 1947, Douglas MacArthur wrote to Washington D.C. that "additional data, possibly some statements from Ishii probably can be obtained by informing Japanese involved that information will be retained in intelligence channels and will not be employed as 'War Crimes' evidence."[9]
Ishii's immunity deal was concluded in 1948 and he was never prosecuted for any war crimes, and his exact whereabouts or occupation were unknown from 1947.[citation needed] Richard Drayton, a Cambridge University history lecturer, claimed that Ishii later went to Maryland to advise on bioweapons.[10]
Another source says he stayed in Japan, where he opened a clinic where he did examinations and treatments for free.[11] Ishii kept a diary but it did not make reference to any of his wartime activity with Unit 731.[12] Ishii resurfaced in Japan on 17 August 1958 when he appeared for the first and only time at the gathering of the former Unit 731 members and delivered a farewell speech.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii
Popular culture[edit]
Portrayed by Min Ji-hwan in the 1991-1992 MBC TV series Eyes of Dawn.
In the Season 6, Episode 7 of The Blacklist (TV series), entitled General Shiro, an assassin utilizes beetles to target victims involved in creating pesticides. Many references were made in regards to the real General Shiro.
Portrayed by Gang Wang in the 1988 film Men Behind The Sun.
War crime immunity[edit]
Ishii was arrested by United States authorities during the Occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, and along with other Unit 731 leaders, were to be thoroughly interrogated by Soviet authorities.[8] Instead, Ishii and his team managed to negotiate and receive immunity in 1946 from Japanese war-crimes prosecution before the Tokyo tribunal in exchange for their full disclosure of their germ warfare data based on human experimentation.
Although the Soviet authorities wished the prosecutions to take place, the United States objected after the reports of the investigating US microbiologists.
Among these was Dr. Edwin Hill, the Chief of Fort Detrick, whose report stated that the information was "absolutely invaluable", it "could never have been obtained in the United States because of scruples attached to experiments on humans", and "the information was obtained fairly cheaply".[8]
On 6 May 1947, Douglas MacArthur wrote to Washington D.C. that "additional data, possibly some statements from Ishii probably can be obtained by informing Japanese involved that information will be retained in intelligence channels and will not be employed as 'War Crimes' evidence."[9]
Ishii's immunity deal was concluded in 1948 and he was never prosecuted for any war crimes, and his exact whereabouts or occupation were unknown from 1947.[citation needed] Richard Drayton, a Cambridge University history lecturer, claimed that Ishii later went to Maryland to advise on bioweapons.[10]
Another source says he stayed in Japan, where he opened a clinic where he did examinations and treatments for free.[11] Ishii kept a diary but it did not make reference to any of his wartime activity with Unit 731.[12] Ishii resurfaced in Japan on 17 August 1958 when he appeared for the first and only time at the gathering of the former Unit 731 members and delivered a farewell speech.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii
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