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3 days ago · Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment: 198 and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945 ...
- 1936–1945
- Biological weapons, Chemical weapons, Explosives
- Estimated 3,000 to 300,000, 400,000 or higher from biological warfare, Over 3,000 from inside experiments from each unit (not including branches, 1940–1945 only): 20 , At least 10,000 prisoners died, No documented survivors
May 2, 2024 · Nuclear plant accidents and incidents with multiple fatalities and/or more than US$100 million in property damage, 1952–2011; Date Location of accident Description of accident or incident Numbers of deaths Cost ($US millions 2006) INES level; September 29, 1957: Mayak, Kyshtym, Soviet Union
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Fukushima Daiichi Accident. Updated Monday, 29 April 2024. Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident beginning on 11 March 2011. All three cores largely melted in the first three days.
22 hours ago · Genkai hosts a nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Company. The survey will be the first of its kind in a municipality where a nuclear plant is located.
Apr 26, 2024 · Nagasaki, capital and largest city of Nagasaki prefecture, western Kyushu, Japan, at the mouth of the Urakami-gawa (Urakami River) where it empties into Nagasaki-ko (Nagasaki Harbor). On August 9, 1945, it was the target for the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the United States during World War II.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Kyushu, southernmost and third largest of the four main islands of Japan. It is bordered by the East China Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Its name refers to the nine ancient provinces (kuni) into which the island was once divided.
The next target was Kokura, which was arms manufacturing and is actually located on Kyushu. Nagasaki was the 3rd because it was the main port to connect to the large Japanese armies on the mainland. The first 2 target were for the first invasion step, while the 3rd was for the invasion of the Honshu plain near Tokyo.
