Mistaken remains of war dead Revise business in reference to U.S. research organization Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare 13:29 on January 14
In response to the problem of misplacement of the remains of the war dead, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato indicated that he would review the ashes collection project with reference to the U.S. Department of Defense's research organization, which has the latest appraisal technology.
NHK reports revealed that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare had been ignoring the remains of Siberian detainees for 14 years ago, leaving them virtually unscathed in the ashes collection project for the war dead.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato stated that he would review the way and system of the ashes collection business, and from September 9 in Hawaii, the Pentagon's POW and Missing Investigation Bureau, a U.S. Pentagon investigative agency with the latest appraisal technology and more. I inspected.
Regarding the results of this inspection, Minister Kato said at a press conference on April 14 that "Japan and the United States will expand exchanges of experts and cooperate in practical research on the latest technology for analyzing ashes. I did. "
On top of that, there is a shortage of human resources involved in appraisal work in Japan, and he expressed his intention to review the ashes collection business in the future while referring to efforts to develop human resources in the United States.