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戦中の「医学犯罪」:７３１部隊など…医師ら独自に企画展

A few weeks ago the Mainichi News on-line reported the following:

毎日新聞　2015年03月04日　21時44分

　戦時中に人体実験を重ね細菌兵器を開発した旧日本陸軍の秘密機関７３１部隊など医師らによる「医学犯罪」を問い直す企画展が１３日から、京都市で開かれる。戦後７０年を迎える今年、同市では４月に全国の医師らが集う８年ぶりの「日本医学会総会」が開かれるが、医学界の戦争協力は取り上げられない。このため医療関係者や弁護士らの団体が独自に検証することになった。

　７３１部隊は細菌兵器を開発し、中国で細菌戦も実行した。隊員は支部を含め約３５００人いたとみられるが、東京裁判での責任追及はされなかった。政府は細菌戦を認めていない。

　企画展は「歴史を踏まえた日本の医の倫理の課題」と題し、３月１３〜１５日に同市北区の立命館大国際平和ミュージアムで開催。さらに医学会総会期間中の４月１２日、知恩院和順会館（同市東山区）で７３１部隊に関する展示や講演、医師らが出席するシンポジウムを計画している。

　主催団体側は１年前から医学会総会内で関連資料の展示を求めてきたが採用されなかった。実行委員長の垣田さち子・京都府保険医協会理事長（６６）は「現在も薬害や臨床データ改ざんなど理解し難い事件が繰り返されるのは、医の倫理に関する反省がないから。なぜいまだに負の歴史に向き合えないのかを問いたい」と指摘する。【千葉紀和】

(試譯文)

An exhibition was planned to be held in Kyoto city from the 13th (March) that reflected on the "medical crime" by doctors of the secret 731 units of the old Japanese army which repeatedly performed experiments using human body during wartime to developed germ weapons. This year was the 70th year after the war, the "Japan Medical Science Association General Meeting" would be held in April again after eight years by doctors of the whole country gathering at the said city, yet the war matter cooperation could not be obtained from the medical community. For this reason, a group of medical experts and lawyers were going to do the verification by themselves.

  The 731 units developed germ weapons and carried out germ warfare in China. It was considered that this branch had about 3500 members, but a search for responsibility had not been done by the Tokyo Tribunal of War Criminals. The government did not admit to any germ warfare.

  This planned exhibition was entitled "Problems of the Japanese medical ethics based on history" and it would be held at the Ritsumeikan University International Peace Museum in the Kita district of the said city on March 13th-15th. On April 12 during the medical science association general meeting period, exhibitions about 731 units, lectures and the symposium attended by doctors were planned to be held at Chion-in Wajunkaikan (in Higashiyama district of the same city).

  At a medical society council a year ago the host organization had asked for the related materials for exhibition but was not allowed. Kakita Sachiko (66), the executive chairperson cum the chief director of the Kyoto Medical Practitioners Association pointed out that “currently chemical injuries and clinical data tampering cases which are difficult to understand are being repeated because there is no reflection on medical ethics. I would like to ask why each other still cannot face the dark history".

Topics such as war crime, germ warfare, and the secret 731 units of the old Japanese army are sensitive words for the Japanese government.