Statements Concerning Nakayama

Case
USA v. Kiyoharu Tomomori et al.
USA v. Kajuro Aihara et al.
Statement Title Statement of Yakumaru
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By Katsuya Yakumaru

Statement of Yakumaru (18 Aug 47). On 15 August, 15 Prisoners were executed because Japan list the War. Yakumaru heard from Hashiyama, that Hashiyama, Akamine, and Nakayama were present.
Statement Title Statement of Sato
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By Sato

Statement of Sato. Atis translation of S/D/.. On 16 or 17 August, Deputy Chief of Staff Fukushima gathered the men who executed the Prisoners on the 15th, told them he would take the entire responsibility for the executions. 1st Lt Nakayama should know about this. Fukushima now says that, he told Sato not to do it, trying to evade responsibility.
Statement Title Statement of Sato
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By Sato

Statement of Sato (30 Oct-8 Nov 47). 1st Lt. Nakayama and Ishimura (Legal Section female secretary) went with Sato. Sato did not see Yamanaka at the execution. The executions were performed in 2 places about 150-200 meters apart. Sato went to the execution area nearest the road with another series going on in the 2nd area.
Statement Title Statement of Oki
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By Ginzaburo Oki

Statement of Oki (9 - 13 Nov 47). Inada told Oki not to mention the KIU incident in his report, to which Akita agreed. Oki discovered that Nakayama was one of the executioners, but Inada wouldn’t permit Oki to name them in his report.
Statement Title Statement of Yamanaka
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By Fumitoshi Yamanaka

Statement of Yamanaka (10-27 Sept 46) On afternoon of 16 September 1946, Kishimoto told Yamanaka that Nakayama had been called to Legal Section, SCAP, and admitted executing 1 Prisoners. Yamanaka believes that Maeda told him that there was one Officer from the Special Atk Corps headed by Itezono, that this Officer killed 1 Prisoner by karate.
Statement Title Atis translation of Oki Report
Record Type Report
Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By

Atis translation of Oki Report. At the execution on 15 August at Aburayama, during the decapitation Sato and 1st Lt Nakayama (of the Information Section) arrived, and Nakayama decapitated 2.

In late March, Akita asked Oki to list the executioners, to which Oki named 1st Lt Nakayama as having executed 2 Prisoners, in the third execution.
Statement Title Statement of Onishi
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement
Statement Provided By Tamotsu Onishi

Statement of Onishi (24 Nov 47). Nakayama, at Sugamo told Onishi, that , Ito once told Sato, that a flyer should be considered guilty of indisciminate bombing and punished by a court merely if he was proved to be a B29 crew member, that Wako opposed this.