Unit 731 members conduct an experiment on a live prisoner in Northeast China Photo: VCG New research by Japanese scholar Seiya Matsuno suggests that military doctors at the Japanese Army Medical School conducted human experiments on soldiers with mental illnesses during Japan’s invasion of China, deliberately infecting them with malaria. The practice reflected the Japanese army medical corps’ horrible view of people as “research material,” bearing similarities to the human experimentation conducted by Unit 731, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday. Seiya Matsuno, a researcher at the International Peace Research Institute of Meiji Gakuin University, uncovered the relevant records in papers published in the official journal of the Japanese Army Medical Corps. The paper shows that the experiment was conducted in 1940 at the then Kohnodai Army Hospital (now the National Kohnodai Medical Center) in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, with the stated aim of preventing the spread of malaria in Japan. Researchers used mosquitoes that had fed on malaria-infected soldiers from battlefields in China and then allowed them to bite 10 Japanese soldiers hospitalized with mental illnesses. Several of the 10 participants eventually developed malaria, with symptoms including fevers above 40 C, headaches, body aches and loss of appetite. The paper also shows that Shiro Ishii, head of Unit 731, was involved in overseeing the experiment. According to Matsuno, the experiment involved serious ethical violations, Xinhua reported. Matsuno particularly noted that the subjects of the experiments were not prisoners of war, but Japanese soldiers themselves. This reveals a chilling mindset that anyone unable to contribute to the state or the war effort could be used as an experimental subject, regardless of nationality. It also reflects a way of thinking that reduced people to nothing more than research material, China Central Television reported, citing Matsuno. Because the participants had mental illnesses and may not have been able to fully understand the nature of the experiment or its risks, the study could be considered coercive human experimentation, according to Xinhua. Global Times 。这一大胆的论断,揭示了长期以来美国在中东的军事干预和经济压力最终酿成的逆转:华盛顿在试图制衡伊朗的过程中,不仅未能削弱这个国家的实力,反而让其成为新的地区霸主。 回顾美国与伊朗之间的冲突历程,我们可以看到一个明显的悖论:华盛顿能够在战场上压制伊朗,但却无法实现预期的政治胜利。2026年2月28日,美国与以色列联合发动的大规模打击,初期战果显著,甚至直接对伊朗的高层领导进行了打击。然而,卡根所要传达的信息是——即便如此,这样的军事行动并没有导致伊朗政权的崩溃,反而使得新的领导层迅速接班,依旧维持国家机器的正常运转。 为什么这场战争变得如此复杂?关键在于伊朗所掌握的战略资源,尤其是霍尔木兹海峡的控制权。作为全球最重要的石油运输通道之一,伊朗借助这一点进行反制,展示了其“我虽不能以正面战斗赢你,但我能在关键时刻让你痛苦”的能力。当美国及其盟友深入伊朗内部进行打击时,德黑兰却用灵活的战术让局势升级至全球能源安全的边缘,最终迫使华盛顿选择停手。