[PAR] [TLE] Unit 731 [SEP] Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊 , Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai ) was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) of World War II.  It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japan.  Unit 731 was based at the Pingfang district of Harbin, the largest city in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (now Northeast China). [PAR] [TLE] Shirō Ishii [SEP] Surgeon General Shirō Ishii (石井 四郎 , Ishii Shirō , ; June 25, 1892 – October 9, 1959) was a Japanese army medical officer, microbiologist and the director of Unit 731, a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army involved in forced and frequently lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).
[PAR] [TLE] Unit 731 [ SEP ] Unit 731 ( Japanese : 731部隊 , Hepburn : Nana - san - ichi Butai ) was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino - Japanese War ( 1937–1945 ) of World War II . It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japan . Unit 731 was based at the Pingfang district of Harbin , the largest city in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo ( now Northeast China ) . [PAR] [TLE] Shirō Ishii [ SEP ] Surgeon General Shirō Ishii ( 石井 四郎 , Ishii Shirō , ; June 25 , 1892 – October 9 , 1959 ) was a Japanese army medical officer , microbiologist and the director of Unit 731 , a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army involved in forced and frequently lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino - Japanese War ( 1937–1945 ) .
What unit was directed by Shiro Ishii and based at the Pingfang district of Harbin?
What unit was directed by Shiro Ishii and based at the Pingfang district of Harbin ?
Unit 731
Unit 731