NHK broadcasts a documentary on Force 731, arousing public opinion attention in Japan

an article on the people's Daily on August 15 said that Unit 731 is a proxy for the secret military medical forces of Japanese fascists engaged in biological warfare germ warfare research and human trials outside Japanese territory. On the outskirts of Harbin, they used live Chinese, Koreans and coalition prisoners of war to carry out tragic experiments on the effectiveness of biological and chemical weapons.

after the war, most members of Unit 731 were captured by the Soviet Red Army and tried in Khabarovsk court. This time, NHK TV received a 20-hour recording of confessions from members of Unit 731 from Russia. Among them, the core members of the force stated in detail the crimes of using Chinese and Soviets to conduct human experiments in the development of chemical and biological weapons.

the feature film also mentioned that not only the soldiers but also the elites of the Japanese medical profession at that time participated in the outrage, including the names of famous schools and well-known medical institutions, as well as figures who were commended in the scientific community after the war.

the World wide Web reported that although many soldiers were punished in post-war trials, the responsibilities of elite doctors and their famous schools are still ambiguous, and some of them were even commended by the academic community after the war. The program's attempt to interview the University of Tokyo was rejected, and Dongda said it had "no organizational connection" with the force, the report said.

people's Daily reported that in recent years, in Japanese feature films and TV dramas about World War II, some television stations tried to show the disasters suffered by the Japanese during the war, and soldiers fought to protect Japan, one-sidedly emphasizing the identity of "victims." This time, NHK "spoke" with a large number of historical materials, interviewed a number of veterans of that year, and revealed to the Japanese people the inhumane atrocities committed by Unit 731.

the Truth of Unit 731 (video screenshot)

the World wide Web reported that the 50-minute documentary triggered a siege by right-wing elements after it was broadcast on the Japanese Internet. Some people claimed that "the recording came from Russia, and the Japanese confession was extorted by torture," while others said, "the United States has said that 731 is just an ordinary epidemic prevention force," and "it is a humiliation that NHK does not speak to Japan!"

Japanese Osaka University scholar Yoshii Tanaka posted on the Japanese blog news site blogos on the 14th that the documentary revealed shocking facts. In view of the history of Unit 731, Japanese society has a complicated attitude, "seeing it but pretending not to see it." The documentary ends with a doctor who regrets committing suicide, which may also be the show's message: I hope all Japanese face the facts and reflect on history.

however, after watching the documentary, many Japanese people expressed their guilt and supported NHK's practice of uncovering Japan's war crimes.

Japanese Senate member Akira Koike said on social media that it is necessary for the Japanese medical community, which is not held responsible for the war, to clarify all the facts in a very shocking and heavy program.

Masahiro Mori, a professor at Waseda University, commented that the 731 unit special program produced by NHK, which can discover and broadcast Japanese soundtrack records during the trial, is excellent and worth watching.

" the Truth of Unit 731 "(video screenshot)

netizen" Yi Bang people "said that" the Truth of Unit 731 "not only exposed the brutality of Unit 731, but also involved the doubling of the research expenses of the Ministry of Defense and the military use of science. It's a great show.

netizen "logi" wrote: in order to convey the truth to future generations, it is very important to keep records and materials. Today, the Abe regime is extremely dangerous because of the destruction of records and documents on issues such as the Senyou Academy, the Jiaji School Park, and the self-Defense Forces Daily.

the unknown investor said that Japan's so-called "patriotic conservatives" are actually those who deny Unit 731, the Nanjing Massacre, the comfort women, and believe that World War II was Japan's war of self-defense rather than aggression.

A commentary on the World wide Web also "likes" NHK, saying that another World War II documentary, "complete Records of Local Air raids," broadcast by NHK on the 12th, introduced the indiscriminate large-scale bombing of Japan by the US military that year, and described the catastrophic damage caused by the bombing. However, the documentary did not adopt selective narrative techniques, but told the reasons of the United States, exposing the historical fact that the Japanese army, as the first time in human history, carried out cruel and indiscriminate bombing of Chongqing, China's wartime capital, and caused the deaths of more than 10,000 innocent civilians.

Edit: xiongwei