Page 105 - Unit 731 Testimony
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Former Unit 731 nurse Akama Masako speaks at Takatsuki. To her right is
author Nishino Rumiko.
Exhibition participants explain the exhibits to visitors.
Some of the skulls had drill holes or had been cut with a saw. All of
these procedures had been performed after the deaths of their subjects,
suggesting that these people had been used as materials for medical
instruction. Some skulls bore signs of ear surgery practice, while others
bore "signs similar to brain surgery practice." The report also stated that
many of the bones showed a strong possibility of previous preservation as
specimens.
At a press conference reported in the same Asahi article, the ward head
stated that the ethnic backgrounds of the bones could not be accurately
identified, and that while the bones showed signs of use in medical
instruction, no association had been established with the experiments of
Unit 731. The ward's position, in conclusion, was that "since there is
nobody [i.e., relatives] who can claim the remains, the ward wants to
cremate them."
