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There is however considerable debate on account of new clues and evidence suggesting otherwise.

A book by Richard k Wilcox called "Japan's Secret War," reveals fascinating evidence of two competing nuclear weapons projects in Japan during WW2, one led by Dr Yoshio NISHINA and the other for the Navy led by Prof Bunsuku ARAKATSU. Late in the war the two projects were amalgamated into a single project and a laboratory was created at Konan, now known as Hungnam in northern Korea. Soviet Paratroopers captured the laboratory on 22 August 1945 along with six leading scientists and engineers.

A US Military Intelligence officer named David Snell interviewed an officer of the secret police at a Shinto Shrine above Seoul city. This man used a false name and Snell noted the fact. The US Army agreed to keep the officer's real identity secret, but it is recorded that he was treated at the shrine as a VIP. His alias was Capt. Wakabayashi, but in likelihood he was Prince Chichuba.

Wakabayashi stated to Snell that on 12 August Japan successfully detonated a nuclear weapon on one of the small islands near Wonson, Korea.

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