Shirō Ishii
Surgeon General was a Japanese microbiologist and Military medicine, army medical officer, who served as the director of Unit 731, a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. Ishii led the development and application of biological weapons at Unit 731 in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945, including the bubonic plague Kaimingjie germ weapon attack, attacks at Chinese cities of Changde and Ningbo, and planned the Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night biological attack against the United States. Hirohito rewarded him with a special service medal for his work. Ishii and his colleagues also engaged in Unethical human experimentation, human experimentation, resulting in the deaths of over 10,000 subjects, most of them civilians or prisoners of war. Biography Early years Shirō Ishii was born in , now Shibayama, Chiba, Shibayama, in Chiba Prefecture, Empire of Japan, Japan, the fourth son of Katsuya Ishii, a wealthy landowner and sake maker. The Ish ...
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Shibayama, Chiba
is a town located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 7,122 in 3030 households and a population density of 160 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Shibayama is located in northeastern Chiba Prefecture, about 30 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Chiba and 50 to 60 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The town is a hilly area, located almost in the center of the Shimōsa Plateau. Narita International Airport is located to the north of the town on the border between Shibayama and Narita. Most airport service facilities are located on the Narita side: however, Shibayama has developed a local industrial base due to the airport's presence, and hosts three major industrial areas. The remainder of the town is agricultural, and much of it is covered with rice paddies and areas of vegetable production. As it lies directly beneath one of the main approach paths to the airport, noise pollution and eminent domain issues have ...
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Kaimingjie Germ Weapon Attack
The Kaimingjie germ weapon attack () was a secret biological warfare attack launched by Empire of Japan, Japan in October 1940 against the Kaiming Street area of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. A joint operation of the Imperial Japanese Army's Unit 731 and Unit 1644, this attack was operated by military planes taking off from Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, Jianqiao Airport in Hangzhou,which airdropped wheat, corn, cotton scraps, and sand infected with plague fleas to target locations. From September 1940, Ningbo, Quzhou, and other places were subjected to various forms of biological warfare until the end of October 1940, when the attacks triggered a plague epidemic in Ningbo. After the outbreak of the plague, the city authorities in Ningbo built a 4.3-meter-high isolation wall around the epidemic area, segregating patients and suspected cases, and eventually burned down the Kaiming Street area to eradicate the disease. Until the 1960s, this burned area was still referred to as the "plague fi ...
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Kanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Etymology The name "Kanazawa" (, ), which literally means "marsh of gold", is said to derive from the legend of the peasant Imohori Togoro (literally "Togoro Potato-digger"), who was digging for potatoes when flakes of gold washed up. The well in the grounds of Kenroku-en is known as to acknowledge these roots. The area where Kanazawa is was originally known as Ishiura, whose name is preserved at the Ishiura Shrine near Kenrokuen. The area around Kanazawa was part of ancient Kaga Province. History Muromachi period During the Muromachi period (1336 to 1573), as the power of the central shōguns in Kyoto was waning, Kaga Province came under the control of the Ikkō-ikki, followers of the teachings of priest Rennyo, of the sect, who displaced the official ...
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Higher School (Japan)
Higher school (高等学校, ''Kōtō Gakkō'' or 旧制高等学校, ''Kyūsei Kōtō Gakkō'') was an institution of higher education in Japan, which was a preparatory institution for National Seven Universities, imperial universities and national medical colleges until the educational reform in occupied Japan. Apart from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, higher schools were the most prestigious pre-university higher education institutions in Japan and provided liberal arts education based on ':ja:教養主義, ''Kyōyōshugi''' instead of specialised education. The higher schools have now been converted or mergerd into universities. Despite the same name, ''Kōtō Gakkō'' (高等学校), higher schools are completely different to high schools (新制高等学校, ''Shinsei Kōtō Gakkō'') after WW2. List 3-year Schools Number Schools Name Schools Postwar Special Higher School 7-year Schools See also * Imperi ...
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Kanazawa University
Kanazawa University (, abbreviated to ) is a Japanese Japanese national university, national university in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture. The university was founded in 1949, although it can trace its roots back to 1862. Kanazawa University is divided into two main campuses: Kakuma and Takaramachi. University enrollment is about 10,100 students, including 636 international students in 2021. History The university was founded in 1862 as an institution for smallpox vaccination (種痘 所, Shutō-sho ) called , which was established by the Kaga Domain. In 1876 it became a medical school funded by Ishikawa Prefecture. In 1887 it became the Medical Faculty of the Fourth Higher Middle School (第四 高等 中 学校 医学 部, Dai-shi kōtō chūgakkō igakubu ) and then in 1894 to the Medical Faculty of the Fourth Higher school (Japan), Higher School (第四 高等学校 医学 部, Dai-shi kōtō gakkō igakubu ). In 1901 it deve ...
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Fourth Higher School
Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'', a 1972 Soviet drama See also * * * 1/4 (other) * 4 (other) * The fourth part of the world (other) * Forth (other) * Quarter (other) * Independence Day (United States) Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing ...