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Hiroshima: Island Hides Dark Secret from the War Era; Poison Gases Produced Here Was Used As Weapon

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By Ichiro Hatae / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

10:32 JST, June 16, 2025

TAKEHARA, Hiroshima — During World War II, an entire island in the Seto Inland Sea vanished from the map. It didn’t sink into the sea — rather, Okunoshima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture was kept shrouded in secrecy because it was home to a facility where the Imperial Japanese Army was producing pois...

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