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Unlike the other case studies littered throughout this website, this particular case study on the land of the rising sun concentrates mainly on pre 1950 Japan. Unlike other countries, the modern Japan does not maintain an offensive chemical and biological weapons (CBW) program even though, given the level of technology and expertise it has in the field of eugenics and industrial chemistry, it could easily do so.

In fact, the modern history of biological warfare started with the Japanese! In 1918, the Japanese started a special section called Unit 731, dedicated to chemical and biological warfare (CBW). At that time, the maxim was, "Science and Technology are the Key's to Winning War and BW is the most cost effective." Indeed, even today, some 80 years later, this saying has proven true.

In 1931, Japan aggressively sought to expand its territory by laying siege to Manchuria, located in mainland China and Unit 731 coolly moved in to secure an almost endless supply of human guinea pigs. Sure beats using lab rats. Basically, if you were unfortunate enough to be a prisoner of war, you qualified to join the ranks of those tortured by the Japanese scientists as they sought to understand the underlying mechanisms behind both chemical and biological agents.

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