19291929–1945 · Okunoshima, Takehara
Okunoshima poison gas factory

On a small island in the Seto Inland Sea the Imperial Japanese Army secretly made mustard gas and other chemical weapons, though Japan had signed the 1925 Geneva Protocol against their use. The island was dropped from maps, many workers suffered lasting lung disease, and the gas was used in China. Its ruins and a museum opened in 1988 present Japan as aggressor as well as victim.
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