Minami is among a group of Japanese lawyers who have been helping Chinese victims to sue the Japanese government for more than 30 years. We found that almost all the information about poison gas bombs was completely blacked out." According to incomplete statistics, since the end of WWII, the abandoned Japanese chemical weapons have caused the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese people. According to the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Japan was supposed to complete the destruction of its abandoned chemical weapons by 2007. Minami said, "Regardless of how long it takes to dispose of the abandoned chemical weapons, Japan should be fully responsible for the entire process."