Siberian remains are mixed up for 336 people at Chidorigafuchi Tomb on September 20, 4:37
Despite the suspicion that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare had misunderstood the remains of about 600 Siberian detainees, among them, experts indicated that 336 remains were not Japanese. I found out that it was still stored in the Chidorigafuchi War Tomb in Tokyo. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is considering taking measures based on the results of future DNA testing.
Regarding the remains collected by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare as belonging to Siberian detainees, NHK's interview revealed that the experts who examined DNA repeatedly pointed out that it was not "Japanese", the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare yesterday, Announced the verification results that the remains of 597 people collected so far may not be Japanese.
The suspicion of confusion has been pointed out in 9 burial sites since 14 years ago, and the remains of 336 people collected in 4 of these sites were sent to the Chidorigafuchi War Tomb in Tokyo. I found that it was still paid for as a human.
Regarding the reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare explained that “some of the remains collected from the same burial ground were kept in the tombs of the war dead because they were confirmed to be Japanese,” and received the results of future DNA testing. We are going to consider the correspondence.
In addition, Mr. Kazuo Yoshida, Director of the Social and Relief Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, said that he had been neglected without discussing with the Russian side while grasping the suspicion of the confusion. The person in charge was worried about whether there was an impact as a serious issue, "he also explained that he had not reported to the three ministers such as the minister.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of proceeding with verification of the problems that have been addressed so far.