Statements Concerning Komori

Statement of Kamada (23 July 1947) Kamada lived in same barracks as Komori. About one week after Kamada was assigned to work at the 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. Believes that they ate fish: Kamada ate everything that was served, is quite evasive about human liver— states that he did not know about human liver, if he had known it was human liver he would not have eaten it.

Kamada heard Matake say to Komori at this meal: "Where have you been? I have wanted to talk." Komori had just entered the room. Matake also asked Komori how that new weapon was coming along, and Komori said that it would be ready for use by next summer.

Statement of Ryu                    In lung operation Ryu saw a P.O. (Komori) standing at the dissecting table near Ishiyama.

Statement of Oda (16 July 1947) Oda was present at a dinner in the Kaikosha Hospital dining room when human liver was served, and Oda ate some. PO Komori said that it was human liver before everyone started.to eat, that it was the liver of a PW.

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.

Statement of Oda (17 July 1947) When Oda arrived at the dinner there were present: Ito, Shinno, Komori, Matake, Miyamoto, Sasaki, Momota, Shiokawa, and an unknown sgt. maj. 

During the dinner, Oda recalls Komori stating that the liver that they were eating was from a PW that had been taken to KIU.

Statement of Kanehisa (21-22 July 1947) Kanehisa believes that Matake came back once to OCH before the end of the war, before 19 June, sometime before Komori's liver appeared, which was about 10 June.

At the lunch at OCH Kanehisa is not certain of the seating arrangement except of himself and Matake. The nurses and perhaps Oda, Asamizu, Shinno, Ito, and Nakamura, the woman dentist sat at the table nearer to the entrance. Kanehisa knows nothing of liver being served at OGH. Kanehisa states that the dishes were simple, that there was not fish at this Matake lunch.

Statement of Oguri (10 July 1947) In the latter part of May Oguri heard Komori tell Kusumoto that he had secured blood from PWs and had made a powder form. Komori held the bottle of blood in his hand while he was telling this to Kusu­moto. This conversation took place in the Adjutant's,Office at WAH. Komori told Kusumoto that he had taken the blood from PWs that had been operated on at KIU.