TOKYO — A Japanese weapons disposal team has recovered about 1,000 artillery shells, including 281 chemical ones, the former Imperial Japanese Army left in northeastern China at the end of World War II, the Cabinet Office said Tuesday.
Japan will dispose of the shells, excavated and collected from Aug 30 to Sept 18 in Yichun, Heilongjiang Province, the office said. The chemical weapons were first discovered in the city's residential area July 29. There have been no injuries caused by the abandoned weapons.