Seiichi Morimura revealed the atrocities committed by a unit based in which district ?
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Seiichi Morimura Seiichi Morimura (森村 誠一 , Morimura Seiichi , born January 2, 1933 in Kumagaya) is a Japanese novelist and author. He is best known for the controversial "The Devil's Gluttony" (悪魔の飽食) (1981), which revealed the atrocities committed by Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
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Unit 731 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).
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Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Higashitagawa District (東田川郡 , Higashitagawa-gun ) is a rural district located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
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Kodo-kai The Kodo-kai (弘道会 "Kōdō-kai", "Koh-doh-kai") is a yakuza criminal organization based in Nagoya, Japan. It is a secondary organization of the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan. With an estimated membership of 5,000, it is the second-largest Yamaguchi affiliate after the Yamaken-gumi, and operates in at least 18 prefectures.
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Ichishi District, Mie Ichishi (一志郡 , Ichishi-gun ) was a district located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
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Mashita District, Gifu Mashita District (益田郡 , Mashita-gun ) was a district located in Gifu, Japan. All towns and villages in the district merged to form the city of Gero on March 1, 2004, and the district no longer exists as an independent entity.
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Yamagata District, Hiroshima Yamagata (山県郡 , Yamagata-gun ) is a district located in northwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
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Ōshima District, Yamaguchi Ōshima (大島郡 , Ōshima-gun ) is a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Unit 100 Unit 100 (第百部隊 (dai-hyaku butai ) ) was an Imperial Japanese Army facility officially called the Kwantung Army Warhorse Disease Prevention Shop that focused on the development of biological weapons during World War II. It was operated by the Kempeitai, the Japanese military police. It was located in Mokotan, Manchukuo, a village just south of the city of Changchun.
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Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui Mikatakaminaka (三方上中郡 , Mikatakaminaka-gun ) is a district located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The district was formed on March 31, 2005 at the same time as the merger of the towns of Mikata (from Mikata District) and Kaminaka (from Onyū District) forming the town of Wakasa.
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Ōi District, Fukui Ōi (大飯郡 , Ōi-gun ) is a district located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
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Nanjō District, Fukui Nanjō (南条郡 , Nanjō-gun ) is a district located in Fukui, Japan.
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51st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The 51st Division (第51師団 , Dai-gojūichi Shidan ) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Base Division (基兵団 , Moto Heidan ) .It was formed on 10 July 1940 at Utsunomiya, Tochigi, simultaneously with 52nd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 57th divisions. The "51st division" was initially assigned to the Eastern District Army and placed under command of Lieutenant General Kenichiro Ueno.
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Kamiina District, Nagano Kamiina (上伊那郡 , Kamiina-gun ) is a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Minamiazumi District, Nagano Minamiazumi (南安曇郡 , Minamiazumi-gun ) was a district located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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57th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The 57th Division (第57師団 , Dai-gojūnana Shidan ) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Inner Division (奥兵団 , Oku Heidan ) .It was formed on 10 July 1940 at Hirosaki, Aomori, simultaneously with 51st, 52nd, 54th, 55th, and 56th divisions, as a reserve and provisional unit. Its call-sign “Oku” was taken from the ancient name of the Tohoku region of northern Honshū, "Oshu". The formation nucleus was the headquarters of the 8th Division. Its manpower came from the Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata and Akita prefectures. The "57th division" was initially assigned to direct command of Emperor Hirohito, but was transferred to Northern District Army as soon as it formed 2 December 1940.
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Motosu District, Gifu Motosu District (本巣郡 , Motosu-gun ) is a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
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Parit Sulong Massacre On 23 January 1942, the Parit Sulong Massacre in Johor, Malaya (now Malaysia) was committed against Allied soldiers by members of the Imperial Guards Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. A few days earlier, the Allied troops had ambushed the Japanese near Gemas and blown up a bridge there.
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Oda District, Okayama Oda (小田郡 , Oda-gun ) is a district located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
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Miura District, Kanagawa Miura District (三浦郡 , Miura-gun ) is a district located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Miyako District, Okinawa Miyako (宮古郡 , Miyako-gun , Miyako: "Myaaku", Okinawan: "Naaku") is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, that consists of a single village, Tarama.
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Special Boarding Unit The Special Boarding Unit (特別警備隊 , Tokubetsukeibitai ) is a special forces unit established by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on March 27, 2001 in response to a previous spy ship incursion that occurred on the Noto Peninsula in 1999. The unit was created to perform similar roles to those undertaken by American Navy SEALs and the British SBS. Its structure is based on that of the SBS. They are based in Etajima, Hiroshima.