Shirō Ishii
Sign in to saveJapanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
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- Born
- 1935
- Died
- 1959-10-09
- Works
- 8
Top works
- 転換期の大学院教育
- 日本国制史研究
- 権力と土地所有
- 日本近代法史講義
- 武器の進化と退化の学際的硏究
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Corporate Governance and Equity Prices
· 2003 · cited 5,730x
- Orexins and Orexin Receptors: A Family of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides and G Protein-Coupled Receptors that Regulate Feeding Behavior
· 1998 · cited 4,567x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,394x
- Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos
· 1998 · cited 4,002x
- An Nrf2/Small Maf Heterodimer Mediates the Induction of Phase II Detoxifying Enzyme Genes through Antioxidant Response Elements
· 1997 · cited 3,517x
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Key facts
- Native name
- 石井 四郎
- Born
- ( 1892-06-25 ) 25 June 1892, Shibayama, Chiba , Japan
- Died
- 9 October 1959 (1959-10-09) (aged 67), Tokyo, Japan
- Allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- Branch
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Service years
- 1921–1945
- Rank
- Surgeon general ( lieutenant-general )
- Commands
- Unit 731
- Conflicts
- Second Sino-Japanese War World War II
- Awards
- Order of the Golden Kite , Fourth Class
- Alma mater
- Kyoto Imperial University
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Key dates
- Born
- 25 June 1892
- Died
- 9 October 1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ishii
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Latin Church
- Notable work
- Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night
- Field of work
- unethical human experimentation
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
Article
Surgeon General Shirō Ishii (Japanese: 石井 四郎, Hepburn: Ishii Shirō; [iɕiː ɕiɾoː]; 25 June 1892 – 9 October 1959) was a Japanese biological weapons specialist, microbiologist and army medical officer who served as the director of Unit 731, the largest biological warfare and chemical warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Ishii led the development and application of biological weapons at Unit 731 in the puppet state of Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945. This included the Battle of Changde, the Kaimingjie germ weapon attack, and the planned Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night biological attack against the United States, which intended to spread a weaponized bubonic plague. Ishii and his colleagues also engaged in human experimentation, resulting in the deaths of thousands of subjects, most of them civilians or prisoners of war.
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