Statements Concerning Oda

Case
USA v. Kajuro Aihara et al.
Statement Title Statement of Ito
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Tayuru Oda
Statement Provided By

Statement of Ito (11 July 1947) When Ito arrived at the (human liver) feast, already seated at the table were Kishi, Kanehisa, Miyamoto, Komori, Momota, Shinno and Sasaki. After Ito sat down Oda and Nurse Shiokawa entered and sat down.

Shiokawa then got up, after everyone else had been served, walked to the side of the table and got the plate of meat, gave Shinno, Sasaki and Oda a piece, then took one herself.

After Komori told everyone that the meat was human liver from a PW, Oda and Ito then said that it couldn’t be true.

 
Statement Title Statement of Kishi
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Tayuru Oda
Statement Provided By Tatsuro Kishi

Statement of Kishi (10 July 1947) As Kishi recalls, Oda and Miyamoto sat on the Japanese mat portion of the room fartherest from the entrance. [Illegible Marginal Note]
Statement Title Statement of Matake
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Tayuru Oda
Statement Provided By Shichiro Matake

Statement of Matake (17 July 1947) When Matake entered Officers' Club Dining Room (Liver meal) already seated were Ito, Komori, Kanehisa, Shinno, Miyamoto, Oda, M/Sgt. Asamizu.
Statement Title Statement of Kamada
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Tayuru Oda
Statement Provided By Masafusa Kamada

Statement of Kamada (23 July 1947) 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. Oda might have been there.

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.
Statement Title Statement of Kanehisa
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Tayuru Oda
Statement Provided By Takuya Kanehisa

Statement of Kanehisa (21-22 July 1947) Matake first appeared at the hospital in the AM; arrangements were made by Sgt. Asamizu for him to have lunch there.

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, all sat at the table nearer to the entrance.

Kanehisa knows nothing of liver being served at OCH. Kanehisa states that the dishes were simple, that there was not any fish at this Matake lunch.
Statement Title Statement of Ogawa
Record Type Statement
Subject of Statement Tayuru Oda
Statement Provided By Fujiko Ogawa

Statement of Ogawa (Shiokawa) (15-18 July 1947) Ogawa recollects that there was a special lunch in late May or early June when either Miyamoto or Matake came back from the army for a visit. Ogawa helped serve at that lunch. Present; Komori, Kanehisa, Kishi, Ito, Shinno, Oda, Sasaki and Ogawa be­lieves either Miyamoto or Matake.

Ogawa recalls no meat served