The exhibit has been open daily from July 5, through this weekend. Admission is free. Unit 731 was one of several specialized Japanese military units that conducted medical experiments on civilian internees, prisoners of war and local populations. The photographs and narratives are shocking descriptions of mass murder, sexual depravity and barbarism unprecedented in the 20th-century.
Volunteers are available to answer questions.
Books, journals and videos related to Japanese War Crimes are available for donations. There are two video screening rooms where documentaries of the war crimes play continuously in English and Chinese. Arrangements for Japanese witnesses to be present during the Treasure Island exhibition and similar events in Canada were canceled. This happened after a disappointing decision by Attorney General Janet Reno's U.S. Department of Justice to deny permission for the witnesses to enter because they might be war criminals. Persons associated with the exhibits say that the Department of Justice gave misleading information and was very slow to respond to the requests for immigration parole for the Japanese witnesses.