Statements Concerning Hiroji Nakayama

Case
USA v. Kiyoharu Tomomori et al.
Statement Title Statement of Sato
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Hiroji Nakayama
Statement Provided By Sato

Statement of Yoshinao SATO (30 Oct. - 8 Nov. 1947):

1st L t . NAKAYAMA and ISHIMURA sent with SATO to execution.
Statement Title Statement of Yamanaka
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Hiroji Nakayama
Statement Provided By Fumitoshi Yamanaka

Statement of Tumitoshi YAMANAKA (18-27 Sept. 46):

Lt. NAKAYAMA beheaded one Prisoner of War.

On afternoon of 16 September 1946 KISKIMOTO told YAMANAKA that NAKAYAMA had been called to LS, SCAP and admitted executing one Prisoner of War.
Statement Title Oki Report
Record Type Report
Subject of Statement Hiroji Nakayama
Statement Provided By

OKI Report:

Statements of Ichiro MAEDA and Teruo AKAMINE: During the decapitation of 15 August SATO and NAKAYAMA arrived, and NAKAYAMA decapitated two Prisoners.
Statement Title Statement of Onishi
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Hiroji Nakayama
Statement Provided By Tamotsu Onishi

Statement of Tamotsu ONISHI (24 Nov. 47):

WAKAYAMA at Sugamo told ONISHI that ITO once told SATO that a flyer should be con­sidered guilty of indiscriminate bombing and punished by a court merely if he was proved, to be a B29 crewmember, and WAKO opposed this.
Statement Title Statement of Sato
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Hiroji Nakayama
Statement Provided By Sato

Statement of Yoshinao SATO:

On 16-17 August, FUKUSHIMA assembled the participants of the 15 August execution, and said that the entire responsibility rested with him. (1st Lt. NAKAYAMA should know about this.)
Statement Title Report (Japanese) as to Transfer of B-29 Pilots to Army (possibly written by Yanase)
Record Type Report
Subject of Statement Hiroji Nakayama
Statement Provided By

Report (Japanese) as to Transfer of B-29 Pilots to Army (possibly written by Yanase)

Hearsay re Murder of Pilots: 15 August execution: Executioners: NAKAYAMA among others.
Statement Title Statement of Kuboyama
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Hiroji Nakayama
Statement Provided By Hideto Kuboyama

Statement of Hideto KUBOYAMA (9-11 August 1948):

Before KUBOYAMA performed, NAKAYAMA gave an exhibition as to how it should be done, at which time SATO said all should watch NAKAYAMA, whereupon he went to the center of the group, explained the short, fast, jerky swing, beheaded the Prisoner. NAKAYAMA followed him. KUBOYAMA saw NAKAYAMA kill two Prisoners.