...agents were used. Nishi Toshihide, Chief of the Training Division, testified: "In January 1945 ... I saw experiments in inducing gas gangrene, conducted...under the direction of the Chief of the 2nd Division, Col. Ikari, and researcher Futaki. Ten prisoners . . . were tied facing stakes, five to ten metres...

...laboratories against Chinese people between 1931 and 1945. For example, one witness testified: In January 1945 I saw experiments in inducing gas gangrene conducted...under the direction of the Chief of the 2nd Division, Colonel Ikari, and researcher Futaki. Ten prisoners were tied facing stakes, five to ten meters apart....