European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday August 14, 1991japan silent on mystery Bones remains May Wii Tokyo a dozens of fragmented skulls and thigh Bones unearthed at a construction site Are locked at an undertakers storage area. Mysteriously the government just wants to dispose of a not identify a the human remains. Historians think they know the reason the Bones were uncovered where Japan a military medical school stood during world War ii and could be the remains of prisoners who died in germ warfare experiments by the shadowy unit 731 in Northern China. A considering the cooperation Between the medical school and unit 731, the Bones arc highly Likely to be the remains of chinese and russian War prisoners killed and shipped from China after the germ experiments a said Keiichi Tsuneishi a history professor at Kanagawa University. Asian nations have accused Japan of playing Down or denying atrocities that japanese soldiers committed during world War ii. The government has never denied the existence of the unit but has never acknowledged the nature of its experiments. The Bones of 35 bodies were dug up in july 1989 in the Busy Shin Juke District where the health and welfare ministry is building a new National Institute for health. The military medical school that used to stand there is believed to have worked As a control Center of unit 731, a secret regiment headed by it. Shiro Ishii. Based id Harbin China the notorious unit injected War prisoners with typhus cholera and other diseases As part of its grisly re Arch into germ warfare said historians and former members of the unit. \ it also reportedly induced gangrene performed vivisection and froze prisoners to death in endurance tests. Tsuneishi and other researchers believe the medical schools Laboratory of preventive Medicine was used to store documents and specimens from the units human victims. Police investigator Kenichi Eguchi told parliament earlier this year that the uncovered Bones were of men and women who died at least 20 years ago. The remains were Only checked to determine if they belonged to victims of violent crime and he said no such evidence was found. The health and welfare ministry has twice refused requests from Shin Juke Ward to conduct tests to identify the remains by sex age and race said Ward official Koichi Negishi. Three research institutions including the National science museum also have refused. A we thought it was Only appropriate for the ministry to investigate and react More seriously because the Bones May be related to the unit Negishi said. A we have no obligation to investigate just because we own the land a ministry official Nobuhisa Inoue said. A police have already said there is no crime involved. So at this Point the Bones should just be  Little was known about unit 731 until recently because the wartime government ordered most documents and other evidence of experiments destroyed. Some historians including Tsuneishi believe the United states refrained from prosecuting Ishii and other unit officers As War criminals in Exchange for information on the germ warfare experiments. Kazuyuki Kawamura a socialist Ward assemblyman from Shin Juke will visit Harbin and Beijing this month with a citizen group demanding the government gather More evidence about unit 731 and identity the Bones. 1. A j / North korean granted . Visa to attend his Mother s funeral world Beijing a a North korean Man headed for his mothers burial and a reunion with his family in the United states in what was believed to be the first visit of its kind since the korean War. Kang Dae Yong 61, emerged from the american embassy in Beijing shortly before noon monday with his passport and a Broad smile after being granted a visa. He later headed to the Airport accompanied by his american Nephew Kyungwon Kang and a North korean official to Fly to los Angeles. The Nephew said he Hopes the visit will ease the Way for More reunions of families divided since the 1950-53 korean War. Many korean americans have relatives in communist North Korea but contacts Are difficult because the two countries do not have diplomatic relations. North Korea has allowed korean americans to visit for family reunions but the North korean embassy in Beijing said this was the first family visit in the opposite direction. North korean diplomats and scholars have travelled to the United states. A through this Case the Korcan americans can at least be assured there is Hope Quot the Nephew said. A my family in los Angeles was contacted by Many families who found out about missing relatives in North Korea but did not know How to go about this a the elder Kang is expected to stay in the United slates about three weeks. The . Embassy refused to say anything about the Case. It was not Clear if Washington intended the granting of the visa As a Goodwill gesture to North Korea Kyungwon Kang left escorts his Uncle Kang Dae Yong from the . Embassy in Bering after the North korean received a visa. Which has moved closer recently to allowing International inspection of its nuclear facilities. The main purpose of Kangus visit was thursdays burial of his Mother whom he last saw in 1950 at the Start of the War. Kang will be reunited with two Brothers and three Sisters who along with his Mother were on the Southern Side of the truce line when hostilities were ended by a cease fire. 13,000 filipinos flee volcanic debris Angeles Philippines apr at least 13,000 residents fled villages in a Northern town after Rains brought Down volcanic debris from the slopes of mount Pinatubo and hooded a River there officials said monday. At least 1,000 Homes were destroyed or damaged in 15 villages in Tarlac province after the Mudflow rampaged Down Rumain and Jacobia Rivers sunday evening according to Lucia Gutierrez social work director of neighbouring Sampanga province. She said the evacuees were housed in Public schools. Gutierrez said residents living near Sangud and Abacan Rivers which flow through Angeles have been warned to evacuate because Monsoon Rains continued to fall Over the area monday. Volcan Logist Ronaldo Arboleda said mount Pinatubo about 13 Miles East of Angeles ejected Ash at least five times monday following a 24-hour period of Calm. The Ash reached Heights of nine Miles he said. Explaining mondays activity Arboleda said that the Volcano May have gained strength during the Lull or that Rainwater May have seeped into the Volcano and heated causing a steam explosion. The Volcano began erupting june 9 after 600 years of dormancy dumping tons of Ash on farmlands and destroying Homes and buildings. The eruptions forced the evacuation of some 17,000 . Service members and their families from Clark a in Angeles which will be closed next year because of danger from Ash. Subic Bay naval facilities South of the Volcano also were extensively damaged but will not be  gives Pagonis medal for War efforts from wire reports Athens Greece a Greece on monday honoured . Army lt., Gen. William g. Pagonis for his role in operation desert storm. Pagonis 49, a native of Pennsylvania whose parents came from the Island of chios in the Aegean sea was responsible for . Army Supply and logistic services during the persian Gulf War he was awarded the medal of value Honor during a ceremony at the greek Pentagon the building housing the defense ministry. A in your person we Honor All the officers and men of greek ancestry who fought in this War a said defense minister Loannis Varvitsiotis who presented the award to  fein member killed Belfast Northern Ireland a a member of sinn fein the political Wing of the Irish Republican army was ambushed by gunmen and killed monday near his Home police said. Patrick Shanaghan 31, had just left his Home in the Village of Killen 70 Miles West of Belfast when he was ambushed by waiting gunmen the Royal Ulster constabulary said. Shanaghan was driving to work at Castlederg county Tyrone when the gunmen raked his yellow Van with automatic gunfire about a mile from the Village. Shanaghan who lived with his Mother had survived an attempt on his life two years ago when shots were fired into his Home. He had been told that information about him again was in the hands of Ira opponents. No organization has claimed responsibility for the killing the 47th in Northern Ireland this year but police said they believe a protestant paramilitary group shot him in retaliation for the killing Friday of Gary Lynch a member of the Ulster democratic party a Small group closely liked to the Ulster defense association that is a protestant paramilitary  Rose tests continue Tokyo a a japanese company says it has combined with an australian firm in cloning a Blue Gene As a step toward creating the worlds first Blue Rose. Researchers plan to introduce the Blue Rose by the end of 1993 by developing another technology to bring out the Blue Gene in Rose petals said Sun tory ., a maker of wine liquor and Beer. Sun tory said in a statement monday that since May 1990, it and Cal Gene Pacific pay. Ltd. Of Australia have been studying the development of a Blue Rose using a special biotechnology process to rearrange genes. It said researchers have extracted a Blue Gene from a Petunia