Shirō Ishii
Deceased Q571674

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 25, 1892 (1892) · Ōsato
Died: October 9, 1959 (1959) · Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Age at death: 67 years
Cause of death: laryngeal cancer
Manner of death: natural causes
Nationality Empire of Japan, Japan
Occupation physician, microbiologist, war criminal, torturer
Field of work military medicine, human subject research project, biological weapon, unethical human experimentation
Education Kyoto Imperial University, Fourth Higher School, collège-lycée de Chiba
Gender male

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