Statements Concerning Matake

Case
USA v. Kajuro Aihara et al.
Statement Title Statement of Shinno
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Shichiro Matake
Statement Provided By Junjiro Shinno

Statement of Shinno (21 July 1947) Matake was transferred from Kaikosha Hospital to Oita Army Hospital in May or June 1945, returned in late May or early June, was served at a dinner in late May or early June 1945 in which there was rice, vegetables, fish, pickles and sake, no meat.

Present: Komori, Matake, Kanehisa, Kishi, Ito, Oda, Nakamura, Shinno.

Before 0800 on 18 July 1947 Matake told Shinno that he had signed a statement to LS that he had eaten' human liver, that he signed it because he wanted to go home, that he wanted to find out when he had returned to Fukuoka from Oita.

Either Miyamoto or Kanehisa gave a welcoming speech (at the dinner) to Matake, who in reply expressed that he was happy to be there. During the meal Matake com­plained about the food shortage in Oita-ken.
Statement Title Statement of Oda
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Shichiro Matake
Statement Provided By Tayuru Oda

Statement of Oda (16 July 1947) At liver dinner - Komori said it was human before everyone started to eat, that it was of a P J . Komori, Kanehisa, Shinno, Shiokawa, Miyamoto, Sasaki, Momota, Matake, Ito and an unknown sgt. maj. were present, all ate the human liver.