The remains of Siberian detainees "misunderstood" 14 years ago, remarked again | NHK News

The remains of Siberian detainees "mixed up" 14 years ago, pointed out again on September 12 19:55

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This is a new fact that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is suspected of mistaking the remains of Siberian detainees. As NHK proceeded with interviews, several experts who examined the remains of DNA as well as the remains collected at 7 other burial sites in Japan, I understood that he was pointing out to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. The suspicion of confusion has been repeatedly pointed out at private meetings for at least 14 years ago, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has not published this content for many years and has effectively left it.

As for the remains of Siberian detainees, the specialists who conducted DNA analysis on the remains collected by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's delegation as Japanese things in two burial sites were said to be “not Japanese”. Despite being pointed out to the Ministry of Labor, NHK's interview revealed that it was not disclosed.

When NHK went further, it became clear that the suspicion of such a mistake was not only found in two places, but also in seven other burial sites in Siberia.

Furthermore, suspicion of confusion was pointed out 15 times by several experts at a private meeting held from March 2005 at least 14 years ago to March.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare explained in July that the suspicion of the confusion was first revealed, and in July, it was going to be announced after discussing with the Russian side during the internal review stage. For many years, I had left it unpublished for a long time, keeping in mind the suspicion of misunderstanding.

According to the minutes obtained by NHK, in a meeting held in 2007 12 years ago, several experts said about 125 remains collected in Khabarovsk region. "I doubt this cemetery itself," said an executive of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "It's an unfortunate discovery. If you didn't test DNA, it was once in the bones of Chidorigafuchi. It would be the opposite of the argument that it was, "he said.

Also, at a meeting held in 2012 seven years ago, experts asked about the remains of 128 people collected in the Khabarovsk region. The person in charge of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, “It is an area where Russians are almost buried. "If you wish to have an appraisal, we will consider rejecting it at the stage of application."

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has stated that it is in the verification stage and we cannot comment at this time.

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

A problem of misunderstanding of the remains, which the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare explained as "I was going to announce". However, the suspicion of the confusion has been repeatedly pointed out 14 years ago, revealing the fact that inconvenient facts have been neglected.

NHK first reported that it had misunderstood the remains, and on July 29, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the reason why it had not been announced. The next day, the secretary of the secretary said, “According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the identification of the birthplace of the remains was decided after discussion with the partner countries for collecting the remains. It was something that should be done, and when it was reported that the results of DNA testing were not published, it was to be published after discussions with the partner country based on the results. "

On the 5th of last month, it was revealed more than a year and a half ago that he had misunderstood the remains of 70 Japanese people collected at another burial site in Siberia. However, the former Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare explained, “It was not announced because it was in the stage of internal review.

However, when NHK proceeded with interviews, it became clear that several experts have repeatedly pointed out the suspicion that the remains were mistaken since 2005, 14 years ago.

In a ceremony to commemorate those who died in Siberia, etc., held on the 23rd of last month, a former detainee representative said, `` It is not a level story such as correcting the collar but radically reconsidering how to proceed with the business He should criticize the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has increased the budget request for next year's budget by about 600 million yen to strengthen the scientific appraisal of the remains, and set up a new appraisal and adjustment room on the 10th. In addition, we are strengthening the DNA testing system that identifies the identity of the remains.

Expert "Sloppy Malicious negligence"

Professor Masanobu Nakano, a former bureaucrat of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and familiar with the problems of the central ministry, said, “It is a sloppy and malicious neglect that we have been neglected even though problems have been pointed out repeatedly. It can be said that long after the war, the awareness that the collection of remains was an important business and the enthusiasm for work had faded across the entire Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare organizations. I couldn't see his face, and only the procrastination of inconvenient things came to mind.

On top of that, “It would be sad if the staff of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare did not raise a voice saying,“ It ’s bad if left unattended ”. There is no help and it can only be said that there is no belief. "

Mr. Atsushi Kato, “Improving Sensitivity and Dealing”

Regarding the fact that the suspicions of mistaking the remains of the war dead have been revealed one after another, the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato said at the conference on the 12th that `` If there were wrong things in the remains collected as Japanese things I think that we should raise our sensitivity and deal with how we should respond. "

Sonouede, the verification work that is currently underway has received reports and to organize the prospect also has one month relationship with "Russia. Whether the remains collection of such any such thing, everyone against the remains "I have to be aware of the initial origin and respond to what I think."