# Scholar reveals Japanese military conducted human trials on its own soldiers

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- CGTN, 2026-08-18 05:11 UTC
- World
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> Newly disclosed documents show that in 1940, surgeons at the Imperial Japanese Army Medical School used mosquitoes to deliberately infect 10 Japanese soldiers hospitalized with mental illnesses with malaria. Five developed acute symptoms. The records also indicate that Shiro Ishii, later associated with Unit 731, helped direct the experiment.