Statements Concerning Kanehisa

Statement of Tsurumaru. July 1 & 2, 1947 - 1-5 May 1945, 1250, went to Officers Club Hospital Dining room to visit after finishing lunch at Headquarters dining room, where there were seated Komori, Kishi, Kanehisa and Ito, perhaps also Matake.

Statement of Yoshimura, 16-28 June 1947 - 1st Lt. Kanehisa, directed by Horiuchi, head of Officers' Club Hospital for some time.

Statement of Tsurumaru (20-25 May 1947) 2nd Lt. Kanehisa worked at Kai­kosha Hospital - classmate of Tsurumaru, but not a close friend. Appeared to be a good friend of Komori. Kanehisa worked with Komori, specialized in internal medicines. 

Oguma was at a sake party with Komori, Moekawa and Kanehisa when Tsuru­maru met him.

Statement of Matake (17 July 1947) Matake recalls that there were present at the noon meal at Officers Club Hospital (liver meal) Miya­moto, Komori, Shinno, Ito, Shiokawa, Kanehisa, Kishi, and M/Sgt Asamizu.

At the hospital Matake talked with Miyamoto, Ito, Komori, Kanehisa, Shiokawa, and "with about everyone.” [Marginal Note: human liver was eaten ]

Already seated when Matake entered dining room were Ito, Komori, Kane­hisa, Shinno, Miyamoto, Oda, M/Sgt. Asamizu.

Statement of Miyamoto (23 July 1947) At the meal given for Matake, fish, tomatoes, rice and sake were served by the nurses. Kanehisa gave a toast to Matake, who stood up and said that at Oita-ken they ate snakes because of the lack of food.

Present at this meal: Komori, Matake, Kanehisa, Ito, Shiokawa, Reiko, Takechi, Kishi, Shinno, Asamizu, Momota, Tsurumaru. This was not an ordinary lunch, but a party given for Matake.

Statement of Ogawa (Shiokawa)(4 June 1947) The OCH hospital was taken over by the army about 20-23 Feb. 1945. Hospital had 3 Section Chiefs:

Internal Diseases      -2nd Lt. Kanehisa,

Surgery                     -P.O. Komori, and assistant 2nd Lt. Kishi.

Dentistry                   -Dr. Murakami, assistant to Ito who was chief of the section. 

Statement of Kamada (23 July 1947) About one week after Kamada was assigned to work at the Kaikosha Hospital, around 28 May, there was a special lunch for Matake, who visited the hospital, at that time. Those attending: Miyamoto, Shinno, Kishi, Kanehisa, Komori, Matake, Ito, Sakai, Kamada. Oda might have been there; Kamada believes that Shiokawa served them. Kamada believes Tsurumaru came in late; does remember having a drink with him.

Kamada states, "If it was human liver, then I ate it, but I don*t remember what it was.”

Statement of Oda (16 July 1947) At the human liver dinner: Oda, Komori, Kanehisa, Shinno, Shiokawa, Miyamoto, Sasaki, Momota, Matake, Ito, and a sgt. maj. whose name Oda doesn't recall. All of these persons ate human liver.

PO Komori said that it was human liver before everyone started to eat, that it was the liver of a PW.

Statement of Oda (17 July 1947) About 3 June 1945, Shiokawa notified Oda to attend a dinner which was to be held at the Kaikosha Hospital mess hall, to which Oda went at 1200 that day. When Oda arrived there were present: Ito, Shinno, Komori, Matake, Miyamoto, Sasaki, Momota, Shiokawa, and an unknown sgt. maj. (In this statement he does not mention Kanehisa.)

Statement of Ogawa (Shiokawa) (16-18 July 1947) Ogawa recollects a special lunch in late May or early June when either Miyamoto or Matake came back from the army for a visit. Ogawa helped serve at that lunch. Present: Komori, Kanehisa, Kishi, Ito, Shinno, Oda, Sasaki and Ogawa believes either Miyamoto or Matake.

Ogawa recalls no meat served.

Statement of Ogawa (Shiokawa) (18 July 1947) Matake, Miyamoto, Komori and Kanehisa sat on the tatami at 2 small tables on a raised end of the room. No human human liver served, believes the fish was mackerel, boiled in shoyu sauce. The fish was light brown.