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Japanese, Chinese, perhaps victims of other nationalities at this site," said Dickinson.
What about the American prisoners of war in Shinjuku? Is this fi le now closed? After all, a quick scan
of state and local prisoner of war (POW) accounts from the Pacifi c theater, for example, has revealed that
hundreds of American POWs were held at a POW camp(s) in Shinjuku during World War II for varying
lengths of time, and it would have been very easy for the Japanese to conceal their fate.
''It is signifi cant that these are probably the skeletons of non-Japanese,'' said Tsuneishi a short time after
the mass grave was discovered in 1989. ''The Health and Welfare Ministry has been very eager to collect bones
in the South Pacifi c islands for decades. I just wish they had that enthusiasm for the mysterious bones here in
Tokyo.'' [6]
Notes
1) WWII horrors believed hidden in Tokyo neighborhood, Taipei Times, September 18, 2006
2) Book Exposes WWII Japanese Biowarfare Program in China, China Internet Information Center
3) Government to excavate Shinjuku site for remains of WWII-era live human experiment victims, July 8,
2010, Mainichi Daily News
4) Memos Say US Hid Japanese War Crime, December 18, 1988, LA Times
5) Human bones could reveal truth of Japan's Unit 731 experiments, February 15, 2010, Daily Telegraph
6) Skulls Found: Japan Doesn't Want to Know Whose, August 13, 1990, New York Times
Peter J Brown is a freelance writer from Maine USA.
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