Statements Concerning Miki

Statement of Tashiro (5 June - 9 July 1947) Miki was one of the nurses assigned to the 1st Surgical Clinic.

At first operation, Miki stood between Hirao and the instrument table.

After the sheet was placed over the Prisoner, Ishiyama came to the table and stood between Hirao and Miki on the Prisoner's right side. Miki gave Ishiyama the forceps and he pinched the Prisoner*s chest to feel the pain.

Statement of Manabe (Oki) On the day of the operation, Manabe would wash her hands. Miki would sterilize the instruments, and they would be brought in by nurses in training, and Manabe would pass the instruments to the assis­tant professors who were doing the operations.

Manabe assisted in operations on Caucasians, heard they they were PWs, didn't know whether they were Americans— heard this from one of the teachers or nurses, perhaps Miki. About 1400 in the middle of May 1945, Manabe heard, perhaps from Miki, that the operations were to be performed on PWs in the Austopsy Section classroom.

Manabe heard from Miki that Ishiyama used a specil instrument for bone cutting at the time of the first operation, which Manabe did not attend. Manabe doesn*t herself recall seeing any unusual instruments herself. Manabe put all the things she mentioned on a cart, took them to the Autopsy Section her­self. Miki, Suyama and some of the assistant professors went with them.

About 20 minutes after the stomach resection was completed (Komori), Ishiyama completed the brain operation. Ishiyama was performing the, operation, with Miki serving as his nurse. Ishiyama was standing at the head of the Prisoner; on his left was Torisu. To his right was the instrument table, then Miki. By the right of Miki, by the right shoulder of the Prisoner, who, Manabe thinks, was on his back, stood Morimoto.

About 30 minutes after the completion of the brain operation, on cleaning up the instruments and equipment, Miki and Manabe returned to the Surgery Clinic ahead of the others.

When they were taking the instruments to the above series of operations, Miki told Manabe that a lung operation had been performed on a PW and that he had died. She said only one PW had been operated on (first operation) Previous to that/time, Manabe had noticed one day that quite a few of the doctors and nurses were not at the clinic. When they returned, Manabe asked, but not one would tell her where they were— Miki no told her that was the time of the lung operation.

3rd series of operations - Miki, Yayama and Manabe prepared the equipment for the operations to be held about 1500 that afternoon. When all the equipment was in the Autopsy Section classroom, the doctors washed their hands, and miki and Suyama.

After the 3rd operation (in 3rd series) was over, Miki, Suyama, Tsutsui, Ya­yama and Manabe cleaned up the instruments and returned to the Surgery Clinic with the quipment on a cart.

Statement of Manabe (Oki) Cont’d. .....Once again (4th operation, brain) someone told them to prepare for operations, and Miki, Yayama, and Manabe prepared. Miki got some instruments ready which would be used for a brain operation. Manabe helped take the instruments as far as the door of the Surgical Clinic— this about 1400. Manabe did not go to this operation. The nurses who went (4th series) were Tsutsui, Suyama, Miki, and, Manabe believes, Yayama. After they returned Miki told her that a brain operation had been performed. One of the doctors told Manabe that the Prisoner died.

Statement of Yayama (30 July 1947) At 1st Surgery Clinic, Yayama worked in operating room under Miki, made all preparations for operations and assisted Miki on general duties around the operation room.

In late May or early June, Tsutsui told Yayama, to report to the Autopsy Room and bring the cart that had all the operating instruments on it. Miki, Manabe, and Yayama pulled the cart from the first floor of the 1st Surgery Clinic to the Autopsy Room. Miki, Manabe, and Yayama took the instruments from the cart and prepared for operating.

The PWs had not arrived, so Miki told Yayama to go with her to pick some flowers, and when the PWs were brought from the autopsy room they would be able to notice and return.

Persons present during these 3ooperations this date: Torisu, Komori, Suyama, Manabe, Tshtsui, Hirao, Miki, Ishiyama, Senba, Yayama.

During first operation (1st series, stomach resection) Miki stood to the left of Ishiyama, passed the instruments to him when he asked for them.

Miki - helped prepare the instrument table for the operations, passed instru­ments to Ishiyama for the operation performed on the first Prisoner, helped wash the instruments when the first operation was complete.

After 2nd Operation, Yayama, Manabe and Miki washed the instruments in the wash basin in the Autopsy Room and prepared for the 3rd operation. There were not enough instruments, so the instruments used on the first 2 operations were washed, then wiped with Lysol, and placed on the instrument table for the 3rd operation.

Washing the instruments with Lysol did not properly sterilize them. Yayama doesn’t know, but feels sure Miki would not have prepared the instruments by cleaning them with Lysol if she hadn’t had such instructions to do so from the doctors operating on the PWs.

When Yayama left the Autopsy Room at that time, the 3 bodies of the PWs were still on the dissecting tables. Miki, Manabe and Yayama returned to the 1st Surgical Clinic, after the 3 operations were finished.

Statement of Nogawa (2-25 June 1947) Nogawa went by himself to the Autopsy Section about 1500 on the day of the first operation. Miki was arranging the instruments on the instrument table.

Then Komori went to a position on the left side of the Prisoner who had been placed on the dissecting table; Ishiyama took a position on the Prisoner's right, next to these two men (?) and at the Prisoner's feet were Torisu and Hirao. Tsttaui and Miki were walking around the left side of the instrument table.

At the lung operation, Torisu and Hirao helped, holding the clamps which held open the incision with one hand. Withethe other, they handed gauze to Komori and Ishiyama and also some instruments to them, but the nurses mostly handled the instruments, these being Miki and Tsutsui.

2nd operation, about the middle of May 1945, about 1300. (lung operation) At the right table on the right harid side of the Prisoner near his stomach was Ishiyama; Komori was on the Prisoner's left near his head. Near the instrument table stood either Manabe or Miki.

Before this operation was completed, Komori and either Torisu or Hirao left this operation and proceeded to the Prisoner who was lying on the dissecting table to the left. This was a stomach operation, Nogawa believes.

Since Nogawa was not too interested in watching a stomach operation, he talked for awhile with Miki, who was sterilizing instruments. Nogawa also talked for awhile with Tsutsui. They told him that they were tired.

3rd series of operations - 2-3, perhaps Manabe, Miki and Nogawa carried some instruments over to the Autopsy Section class room, where the operations were to be performed.

Nogawa stood near the rear entrance of the Autopsy Section for a few minutes after the Prisoners had arrived, then went into the Autopsy class room where the operations were held via the rear entrance. One Prisoner was already covered with an operating sheet. In the room were Ishiyama, Hirako, Komori, Mori, Hirao, Morimoto, Senba, Tsutsui and 2-3 other nurses, including, perhaps Miki.