Japan and China Agree on World War II-Era Chemical Weapons Disposal Collaboration

Tokyo and Beijing plan to form a collaborative agency to eliminate up to 400,000 chemical weapons abandoned in China by the Japanese army during World War II, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday (see GSN, Nov. 17).

A formal agreement is expected to be signed soon to create the agency that will consist of officials from both nations. Work is set to begin next year on chemical weapons recovery and disposal plants in the Jilin province of northeastern China, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun.

Tokyo is expected to cover the bulk of the costs for the installation, estimated at $807 million, the Yomiuri reported (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, Dec. 3)

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