Japan civilian casualties

The decision to use the atomic bomb has been vigorously debated over the years. It brought a quick end to the war and avoided many casualties that a land invasion of Japan would have cost. However, the civilians who were killed by the bomb and the survivors who developed radiation sickness left an unforgettable legacy of fear. The... 

The Japanese also used chemical weapons during WWn. The Japanese Imperial Army injured and killed close to 100,000 people during the war using chemical and biological weapons. An estimated two million chemical warfare munitions and approximately 100 tons of toxic chemicals were abandoned in China alone when Japan surrendered. These abandoned chemical munitions continue to inflict casualties. As recently as August 4,2003, mustard gas leaking from an abandoned Japanese chemical weapons plant in northeast China killed at least 1 civilian and injured 35 others. Abandoned chemical weapons in China have caused an estimated 2,000 deaths since WWII. 

Subsequently, chemical warfare agents have been used in conflict notably during the Iran-Iraq war, and in terrorist attacks in Japan, both of which involved sarin, as well as tabun in the case of Iran-Iraq. Very recently, sarin was used in the Syrian conflict, on a relatively large scale, resulting in numerous casualties, particularly among civilians and including many children ." " ... 

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