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OGAWA, FUKIJO (SHIOKAWA) [Marginal Note: (KIU) ] [Marginal Note: Sugamo 2 Sep 47] Statement of Ogawa (16-18 July 1947) (Other statements on Ogawa, under SHIOKAWA) 37, worked at the OCH as head nurse from February 1945 to December 1945. Be fore marriage in March 1946 was Fujiko Shiokawa. Ogawa ate in dining room at the hospital for nurses and employees. The doctors had a separate dining room. Ogata (female) and Tamura (male) were the cooks for both. If human liver were present, Ogawa would never let the lady prepare it, because, "after all, we are in charge of precious human life. I would not let them eat human liver." Ogawa then 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 the lunch. Present: Komori, Kanehisa, Kishi, Ito, Shinno, Oda, Sasaki and Ogawa believes either Miyamoto or Matake. There were 2 tables, each about 1-J- by 1 3/4 meters, pushed together; there was no tablecloth. There was a bowl of flowers on the table. Komori had brought a bottle of sake for the occasion. Each person was seated in a chair at the table, and a bowl of rice was placed at each place. Ogawa doesn’t know whether any toasts were given, but such is usual at a special lunch. Whenever there is sake there is a toast. Ogawa believes Komori offered a toast for everyone’s good health. Ogawa helped serve the sake. Ogawa recalls no meat served. Statement of Ogawa (18 July 1947) Ogawa recalls the time Matake came back to the Kaikosha Hospital for a visit sifter he was taken in the army— it was the only time Matake had dinner there after induction in the army. Seating arrangement: [Diagram depicting seating arrangement at dinner where human liver was supposedly served; includes Matake, Miyamoto, Komori, Kanehisa, Shiokawa (Ogawa), Oda, Ito, Shinno, Kishi, Sasaki, Momota, Asazimu] Ogawa -2- (Shiokawa) Matake, Miyamoto, Komori and Kanehisa sat on the tatami at 2 small tables on a raised end of the room. The rest sat on chairs around 2 tables which were pushed together. Miyamoto proposed a taost to the senior Officer present, Matake. Ogawa poured the sake in the small kambin just before they sat down. They then had salad, soup, and fish. (Ogawa did not mention Momota or Asamizu in first statement.) Ogawa made arrangements for the meal, told the cook to prepare something for Matake. Miyamoto told Ogawa to make the arrangements. The fish was served with a separate plate for each person. Ogawa stayed until everyone left and then took the used dishes out of the dining room. Ogawa did not eat, just served, believes the fish was mackerel, boiled in shoyu sauce. The fish was light brown. Matake said that he wished that the medical corpsmen at the Beppu Hospital could have such a meal. No human liver served.
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