Yoshimura Hisato
Japanese physiologist who conducted frostbite experiments for Unit 731.
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Yoshimura Hisato (February 9, 1907 – November 29, 1990) was a Japanese medical scientist and physiologist who participated in Unit 731, the Imperial Japanese Army's biological warfare unit, during World War II. He conducted experiments on prisoners of war and civilians in Manchukuo, Northeast China. After the war, he held leadership roles in Japanese research organizations.
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- Yoshimura studied medicine at the University of Kyoto from 1926 to 1930 and became a research assistant to physiologist Rinnosuke Shoji after graduation.
- He received his doctoral degree in 1936.
- He was born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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