Statements Concerning Komori

Statement of Furukawa(20 June 1947) Komori is an acquaintance of Furukawa, talked to him 20-30 times a week in the medical department, susually concerning medical supplies and equipment. During this period Komori talked to Yoshimura once or twice a day.

Statement of Yamagata (18 June 1947) Komori worked at the WA Dispensary, would visit the medical department about once a week from late 1944 to time when he was injured in June—he would see Maekawa, Tsurumaru, and Horiuchi; usually saw Horiuchi.

Statement of Umayahara, Shigeru (17 June 1947) Umayahara has been a slight acquaintance of Dr. Taku Komori since 1921, last seen in June 1945 at a party held because Umayahara had performed an operation on the wife of the head of the WAMS.

Komori was stationed at the Kaikosha Hospital; knew Umayahara and chief of WAMS, brought Horiuchi's wife to Umayahara to be operated upon.

Statement of Horiuchi (16 June-30 July 1947) Taku Komori was a friend of Horiuchi, not as close as members of his staff. The Kaikosha Hospital was the former Miyagi Hospital, where Komori had been the assistant director. After he was drafted into the army and assigned to Beppu and the army pur­chased Miyagi Hospital, Horiuchi went to the Adjutant Section and arranged to have Komori transferred to the Kaikosha Hospital and become its director. After that, he and Komori became acquainted.

Horiuchi, at the time of purchase of Miyagi Hospital, did not know Komori. Mrs. Miyagi desired that Komori be recalled to the hospital so that at the war's end he would be there. It had been agreed that the hospital would be operated on a sound financial basis; if Komori were brought back, he would attract civilian patients. The hospital was to be returned to Mrs. Miyagi after the war, when Komori could use remaining hospital staff. However, Kaikosha bought it outright.

Komori acted as director of Kaikosha Hospital from February or March 1945, as a 45 year old P.O. Komori as acting director supervised the personnel. Yoshimura from the Medical Department also supervised the personnel, handled its business, received reports from Komori regarding its operation.

Horiuchi talked to Komori in his office every 7-10 days at the time he came to see Yoshimura and Kubo on the hospital business. Komori would tell Horiuchi as to whether patients increased or decreased. Horiuchi never heard of Komori conducting any research, although Komori told him that injection of neuralgia medicine into the artery was highly effective, that it was used in the hospitals, but not the army - this about March 1945.

Horiuchi never heard that Komori took PWs to KIU for treatment. During the first month of Kaikosha Hospital Horiuchi met Komori about once a week, after that about once a month, including April, May, June 1945. If Komori ever treated PWs, Yoshimura should have received a report of it.

Horiuchi states that he never met Komori outside of WAH, then states that on the night of 19 June 1945 he gave a thank ’you party for the treatment of

Statement of Horiuchi Cont'd. ....his wife by Maehara of the KIU Hospital QB clinic at, Horiuchi believes, the Umemoto Restaurant, at which Horiuchi invited Komori, Maehara and Assistant Professor Kihara. The party lasted 3-4 hours, was over about 2330. The airraid started shortly after midnight and Komori was injured during the raid after he left the dinner. Horiuchi was not with him at the time.

Komori arranged for Maehara, an obstretical surgeon, to operate on Horiuchi's wife for a tumor, so he was invited. Komori was talkative, Horiuchi saw him at the emergency aid station in front of WAH after he was injured, never visited him.

The only time during April, May and June, that Komori came to Horiuchi's office was once, concerning the operation of Horiuchi's wife.

4 December 1945 9 of former WA Medical Department personnel held a party. Toward the end of the party Horiuchi told everyone present he was glad that no atrocities had been committed by WA Medical Department against PWs. Maekawa then said that Komori had given an injection to a PW, and that such a thing is easily misunderstood, hoped it would not be. Horiuchi stated that if Komori had given this as a medical officer, in line of duty, no worry.

Statement of Morimoto (22 August 1947) Komori was experimenting on cholecystographic, the X-ray of the gall bladder, fluroscopic exam of the gall bladder.

Komori was a military doctor who prior to his induction in the army was a lecturer at Ishiyama clinic.

1st PW - Ishiyama, Komori and Morimoto scrubbed. (3rd series ??)

Previously, when PWs arrived, Komori got off the truck. There were 3 PWs aboard.

Persons operating or assisting on 1st PW; Ishiyama, Komori, Miki, Morimoto.

Ishiyama made an incision from just below the ribs to the -umbilicus, about 15 centimeters long. Komori and Ishiyama then applied hemostats to check the bleeding.

Hirao told Morimoto that (before PW taken to- KIU) Komori had given him morphine.

Another PW was brought in, placed on a table, and Ishiyama, Komori, Miki and Morimoto began the operation after they washed their hands, (lung operation)

Ishiyama made an incision on the chest vertically about 20 centimeters; Komori and Ishiyama checked the bleeding by applying hemostats. Morimoto believes the lung (one) was cut out.

Persons attending these operations: Ishiyama, Komori, Torisu, Hirao, Mori, Senba, Tsutsui, Nogawa, Tashiro and Miki. Morimoto's opinion that since Komori had received his medical education in the Ishiyama clinic, he was friendly to him, and since Komori was a medical Officer in the Japanese army he would have knowledge of the fate of the PWs who were interned at the prison camp in Fukuoka.