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Shirō Ishii

Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the imperial japanese army).

Born June 25th, 1892 in Ōsato.

Died October 9th, 1959 at 67 years old in Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (laryngeal cancer).

Occupations
microbiologist, physician, torturer, war criminal
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