Shirō Ishii
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Shirō Ishii was a Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist who led Imperial Japan’s notorious biological warfare program during World War II, overseeing human experimentation and war crimes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shirō Ishii canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese military officer
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microbiologist ⓘ person ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Medicine ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | throat cancer ⓘ |
| conflict |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
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surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1892-06-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1959-10-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Kyoto Imperial University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| familyName | Ishii ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biological warfare
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microbiology ⓘ |
| founded | Unit 731 ⓘ |
| givenName | Shirō ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Unit 731
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surface form:
Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps
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| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant general ⓘ |
| name | Shirō Ishii self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 石井 四郎 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
human experimentation
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leadership of Imperial Japan’s biological warfare program ⓘ war crimes during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation |
army medical officer
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microbiologist ⓘ |
| participantIn | Japanese biological warfare program ⓘ |
| perpetratorOf |
crimes against humanity
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war crimes ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
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surface form:
Chiyoda, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo
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surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
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| positionHeld |
director of biological warfare research for the Imperial Japanese Army
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head of Unit 731 ⓘ |
| reasonForImmunity | exchange of biological warfare data with U.S. authorities ⓘ |
| receivedImmunityFrom |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| responsibleFor |
biological weapons testing on humans
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deliberate infection of humans with anthrax ⓘ deliberate infection of humans with cholera ⓘ deliberate infection of humans with plague ⓘ field testing of biological weapons in China ⓘ vivisection of prisoners ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical research on Japanese biological warfare
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war crimes investigations ⓘ |
| wasNotProsecutedBy | International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Harbin
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surface form:
Harbin, Manchukuo
Pingfang district, near Harbin ⓘ |
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