Statement Concerning Jinnaka

JINNAKA, SEICHI (KIU)

Statement of Jinuaka (420, 9 June 1947)

53, professor of orthopedic surgery KIU, has been at KIU faculty 21 years, dean of medical school 29 September 1945 - 15 July 1946.

Fukuoka Surgeons Assembly met 7-3 times a year from 1923, held but once in 1945 in May due to war. Such meetings were published through Japanese Surgery Association Journal. At the May meeting Tomoda lectured on use of AA as a blood substitute. Doesn’t know whether results of this meeting published.

At this time Ishiyama was also studying blood substitutes, interested in sea water. Dr. Inokuchi of the Agricultural Department was assist­ing TomodaJ his research beginning in 1944. Senba and Tarisu worked with Ishiyama on use of sea water, probably since 1944, believes that it has been discontinued, unlike Tomoda's.

Tomoda's research was begun on his own, then subsidised by the Japanese government. Dr. Haruo Hayashi was head of medical section of National Research Council in 1944-1945. Jinnaka doesn't know whether Ishiyama's research was ordered by government, bat believes that it was fully approved by the army and that there was constant contact made with the army as to the progress of the research, whether with the WAHq or the Fukuoka Dai 2nd Army Hospital at O-Hashi.

Once in the early part of 1945 an army doctor came to Ishiyama and questioned him about this research, as to which Dr. Takebuni Morotoml, an army doctor at 2nd Army Hospital, would know. If Ishiyama got orders from the army, they would have come directly to him; if from Educational Department of government, through president of KIU or deem of medical college.

In the late part of August or early September Jinnaka heard from Dr. Shichlro Goto that there was a rumor that some allied soldiers had been killed when operated on at the University, and he wanted to know whether true. Soon after, Jinnaka went to Dr. Akizo Ono, dean of the medical college, asked him whether such had taken place. He didn't answer clearly, said it seemed that such a thing had happened. Later Goto said that he had learned about the operations, that they were actually only autopsies performed on Allied Prisoners by Ishiyama.

In latter part of September Jinnaka heard from Nakajima, director of KIU Hospital, that an anonymous letter had been published in the Nishi Nippon newspaper that Allied Prisoners hod been killed at KIU, and Jinnaka realized there was some truth in original rumor. In October,

as dean of medical college, Jinnaka received letter from a "Shibata" who claimed to be a University student (but false) which stated: (in Japanese)

"You were a very strict and hard teacher during the war and are not fitted to be the Dean of the Medical College; therefore, re­sign from this position at once. If you do not resign this position I will send the enclosed letter to the Commandant of the Allied Forces."

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In English:

"Allied Prisoners who were captured from B-29 planes which crashed were operated on in an inhuman fashion and killed at the University of Kyushu, many doctors were involved in these opera­tions such as doctors from the hospitals of Surgery, Anatomy, Patheology, Orthopedics and others. From a Democratic Student."

Jinnaka then questioned Ishiyama directly, who said that he had performed an operation on a Prisoner who had been wounded in the shoulder and who had died in the anatomy research laboratory. Rotated Komori had brought the Prisoner to the University to be operated on. Jinnaka wondered how an officer of the rank of Komori had such authority (states that Komori only a 2nd Lt.), then remembered that Ishiyama had once told him that Komori was on good terms with the staff officers because he treated their wives and families. Komori was on his way home, drunk, after a drinking party with Horiuchi, when he received the wounds resulting in his death.

Jinnaka then went to Hirao, who told him that operations had been per­ formed on more than one Prisoner, that he hadn't wanted to assist but had been ordered by Ishiyama. Jinnaka then questioned Ishizawa, a doctor in anatomy, who said he only knew of the operations through rumor, that Hirako would know about it. Jinnaka said that this would be contrary to the rules of humanity, and Ishizawa promptly told this to Hirako, and several days later Hirako came to Jinnaka, told him that he hadn't felt., during the war, that these operations inhuman, that Ishiyama had requested the use of the autopsy operation room for the operations, and he agreed.

The rumors became more widespread and Jinnaka suggested many times that Ishiyama resign, was probably about to in Mareh 1946, when he came to Jinnaka, said that Sato had changed the Japanese army records to show that all the Prisoners taken from the plane crashed in the area of the headquarters had been sent to Hiroshima where they were killed by the atom bomb, that there was no danger of disclosure. In June 1946 Jinnaka virtually ordered him to resign, Ishiyama asking him what proof he had, refused. So Jinnaka asked to resign about a month after— 12-13 July 1946— Ishiyama was arrested, and on 15 July, Jinnaka received per- . mission to resign.

Ishiyama had the authority to order younger doctors in his section to assist him in the experimental operations, was domineering.

In May and June 1945 Jinnaka was head of Orthopedic Surgery Department, (Was director of Hospital 1910-1942) In 1942 received orders for re­search from navy on artificial limbs; in 1944 from war department on same plus physical treatment of war wounded.

Ishiyama became an army advisor to the army in 1944, advised army doc­tors, gave lectures, performed operations.

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KIU doctors who were army advisors:

Ishiyama - surgery

Yoshisada Nakajima - radiology

Tando Masao - medicine

Jinnaka - orthopedics

Shichiro Goto - general surgery

Jinnaka went to 2nd Army Hospital, Ohashi, occasionally to give lectures, twice to operate. Such request for advisors to the KIU came from Medical Section of the War Department, headed by Lt. Gen. Hiroshi Kambayashi. Jinnaka believes the professors of the army medical college so selected the advisors. Jinnaka's research was assigned to them.

Horiuchi gave Jinnaka orders to do research for Western Army. Jinnaka went to Western Army 3 times for instructions as to his regsearcn and lecture program, on instruction, although professors were permitted to go to the WA Medical Section and request permission to do research when they wished.

In June 1944 Ishhiyama was ordered by Horiuchi to do research in first aid treatment; at the December 1944 meeting he asked and was permitted to do research in epilepsy. Probably was ordered to do research in sea water as a blood substitute in June 1944 - this might have been related to his research in first aid.

Tomoda and Harumitsu (Shunko), Honjo were appointed as a committee of 2 at the 27 May 1945 Fukuoka Surgical Assembly to study blood transfusions on request by Medical Section of National Research Council. Tomoda was to report on blood substitute research; Honjo on blood-type research, the reports to be sent to the Council.