Jun 22, 2026

China on Monday urged Japan to confront its wartime history and fully break with militarism after Japanese media reported newly uncovered evidence suggesting that the Japanese army conducted live human experiments involving animal-to-human blood transfusions during its invasion of China.

Speaking at a regular press briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China had noted the reports, which cited records from a 1940 meeting of Japanese military doctors. According to the reports, the experiments were carried out multiple times in the autumn of 1938, with 23 unidentified individuals believed to have been used as subjects.

Guo said the invading Japanese army conducted large-scale live human experiments and germ warfare during its aggression against China, describing the crimes as brutal and inhumane.

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