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Masaji Kitano (北野 政次, Kitano Masaji; July 14, 1894 – May 17, 1986) was a Japanese doctor, medical physician, microbiologist and a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was the second commander of Unit 731, a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel.

Source: “Masaji Kitano”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt