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explanation came with the money, and the source was a matter of
speculation. The most accepted version of events was that the money was
from the U.S. military. It would, after all, represent a bargain sum,

considering the value that Washington attached to the data it had received.
Here is a very brief list of what became of some of Unit 731's major
players during the postwar years. Each person's wartime research specialty
and/or unit affiliation is indicated in parentheses. An asterisk indicates that
the person supported the work of Unit 731 as a civilian employee, receiving
payment through the Army Laboratory in Tokyo.

Amitani Shogo* (Tokyo University Laboratory for Communicable
Diseases)

Remained attached to same facility after the war and received the Asahi
Prize for outstanding scientific performance
Ando Koji (Head, Dalian Laboratory) Professor, Tokyo University
Laboratory for Communicable Diseases Head, Central Laboratory for
Experimental Animals
Asahina Masajiro (Typhus vaccine production team) National Institute of

Health
Futagi Hideo (Vivisection team leader) Cofounder, Green Cross
Corporation
Kasuga Tadayoshi (Dalian Laboratory) Kitasato Research Laboratory
Ministry of Education, Pertussis (Whooping cough) Research Team
Kimura Yasushi* (Professor, Kyoto University) Assistant head, Japan
Medical Association President, Nagoya City University of Medicine

Kitano Masaji (EHF research, frostbite research) Cofounder, Green Cross
Corporation Special Committee for Antarctic Research Ministry of
Education, Pertussis Research Team
Kobayashi Rokuzo* (Professor, Keio University) Director, First Division,
National Institute of Health
Kojima Saburo* (Tokyo University Laboratory for Communicable

Diseases) Director, Second Division, National Institute of Health
Miyagawa Yoneji* (Head, Tokyo University Laboratory for Communicable
Diseases) Toshiba Biophysics and Biochemistry Research Laboratory
Murata Yoshisuke (Nanjing, Unit 1644) National Institute of Health
Naito Ryoichi (Bacteriological research) Cofounder, Green Cross
Corporation