There is now enclosed a copy of our memorandum pf November 14,
1945 to General MacArthur together with the above mentioned
second list of suspects recommended for immediate arrest as
guilty of crimes against peace or violations of the laws or
customs of war. As mentioned in the reference telegram, all the
names except one (Shoriki, Matsutaro, which was included on the
basis of evidence compiled here), were taken from the War Crimes
Office lists prepared with the Department’s assistance and it is
our intention to submit additional names as evidence which would
warrant further arrests is compiled. We understand that the
lists submitted by the Counter Intelligence Section of General
Headquarters coincide closely with ours.
[Subenclosure]
Major Japanese War Criminals
(Second List)
Atkawa, Yoshisuke. Member, Cabinet
Advisory Board, Koiso Cabinet.97 Brother-in-law and close
associate of Fusanosuke Kuhara. Industrialist who worked in
close cooperation, and to his great profit, with aggressive
elements of Army and Government.
Amau, Eiji. Career diplomat. Vice
Minister of Foreign Affairs, July–October, 1941. Succeeded
Tani as President, Bureau of Information under Tojo. Foreign
Office spokesman 1933–37. Author of “Amau Statement”
(warning other Powers to keep hands off China) of April 17,
1934.98 Ardent nationalist. Reported
associate of Shiratori. Close Army connections.
Ando, Kisaburo, Lieutenant General
(retired). Home Affairs Minister, April 1943–July 1944 under
Tojo. Supreme Military Councillor, 1941. Said to be an
intimate friend of Tojo. Leading member Army clique.
Address: 9, Shimizu-Cho, Suginami-Ku, Tokyo.
Aoki, Kazuo. Career Finance
Ministry official, important in Japan’s program of
continental expansion. Minister Greater East Asia Affairs
under Tojo. Adviser to the Greater East Asia Ministry since
August 1944. Reported close to Tojo and “a favorite of the
Kwantung Army clique”.
Goto, Fumio. Bureaucrat,
nationalist, influential supporter of the Army and its
policies. Leader of Fascist Shin-Nippon
Doniei. Vice President of Imperial Rule Assistance
Association April 1943–July 1944. Minister without Portfolio
in Tojo Cabinet. President, Youth Corps, Imperial Rule
Assistance Association, 1944. Address: 29 Konno-Cho,
Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo.
Hata, Shunroku, Field Marshal.
Supreme Military Council 1944; Supreme Commander of Japanese
Forces in China February 1941–1944. One of foremost
advocates of expansionist, totalitarian policies. Close
friend of Koiso. Address: 122 Taishio, Setagaya-Ku,
Tokyo.
Hiranuma, Kiichiro, Baron.
President of Privy Council 1936–1939. 1945. Premier 1939.
Minister Without Portfolio and Home Minister in second
Konoye Cabinet.99 Vice Premier and Minister Without Portfolio
in third Konoye Cabinet.1 Member of the Jushin (Council of elder statesmen
with responsibility for selecting
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prime ministers). Close to Konoye. One
of top behind the scenes policy makers of last ten
years.
Hirota, Koki. Minister of Foreign
Affairs June 1937–May 1938. A staunch nationalist closely
connected with reactionary patriotic organizations favored
by Army. High in councils of Black Dragon Society. Disciple
of Mitsuru Toyama, Chairman committee to arrange his
funeral, October 1944. Born February 1878. Address: 170,
2–Chome, Harajuki, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo.
Honda, Kumataro. Ambassador to
Nanking, 1940–1942. Adviser New Asia Movement of Imperial
Rule Assistance Association, September 1944. Extremely
active behind the scenes. Close relations fighting services,
imperialist opinions. Pro-Axis.
Hoshino, Naoki. Bureaucrat, Chief
Cabinet Secretary in Tojo’s Cabinet 1941–1944. Leading role
in building up war industries in “Manchukuo”. Close
collaborator with Army there, known as “Manchukuo’s
dictator”. Reported founder Concordia Society, modeled on
Nazi Party, in “Manchukuo”. Strong pro-Axis, totalitarian
views and activities.
Konoye, Fumimaro, Prince. Premier
when Japan attacked China, adopted the National Mobilization
Law, entered the Tri-Partite Alliance with Germany and
Italy, dispatched troops to Indo-China, and dissolved the
old political parties. Established Imperial Rule Assistance
Association and was its first president. Of great value to
the militarists because of his close ties with the Throne
and ability to reconcile conflicting elements among the
ruling groups. Believed to have favored and sponsored
continental expansion.
Nishio, Toshizo, General
(retired). Supreme Military Councillor 1941.
Commander-in-Chief Japanese Expeditionary Forces in China,
September 1939–February 1941. Address: 67, Tansu-Machi,
Azabu-Ku, Tokyo.
Oshima, Hiroshi, Lieutenant
General (retired). Former Ambassador to Berlin.2 A strong pro-Nazi and influential member of
the military clique. One of the “Big Four” in the
negotiation of the Pact with Germany and Italy in 1940.
(Reported being brought back to Japan from the United
States).
Shioten, Nabutaka, Lieutenant
General. Director Imperial Rule Assistance Association since
August 1944; Vice President of Great East Asia League.
Member of Black Dragon Society. Reported Fascist,
anti-Semitic leanings and an active militarist.
Shoriki, Matsutaro. President Yomiuri-Hochi newspaper. Councillor
to Cabinet Information Board under Tojo 1943. Appointed
Privy Councillor 1944. Adviser to Koiso Cabinet. Director of
IEAA and IRAPS. Councillor to Board of Information 1945.
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Former Chief of
Criminal Department of Metropolitan Police Board,
distinguishing himself in thought control work. Long
advocated aggressive policies, closer ties with Axis,
through the Yomiuri. Close personal
ties with Army, German Embassy. Now resisting efforts by
junior staff to remove him from control of Yomiuri because of pro-military record.
Suma, Yakichiro. Career diplomat,
active supporter of military leaders and programs, and one
of Japanese diplomats regarded as “acceptable” to the
military. Involved in diplomatic intrigue preceding and
accompaying Japanese invasion of China, Followed
chauvinistic pattern of Shiratori and Amau as Foreign Office
spokesman 1939–1940. Minister to Spain 1940–1945. (Reported
interned in Spain May 1945; believed still there.)
Tada, Hayao, General. Supreme
Military Councillor 1941. A leading expansionist of Military
Clique. Commander-in-Chief Japanese Forces in Northern China
1939–1941. Worked with General Doihara in North China in
1935 and 1936.
Takahashi, Sankichi, Admiral.
Adviser to Imperial Rule Assistance Association; member of
Supreme Military Council; Councillor GHQ New Asia Movement.
Influential among younger naval officers. Reported advocated
war against the United States and Britain. Address: 83,
Shirokane Imazato-Cho, Shiba-Ku, Tokyo.
Tani, Masayuki. Foreign Minister,
President, Board of Information, and Ambassador to Nanking
under Tojo. Reported associate of Shiratori and a leader of
the military inclined clique of the Foreign Office. Long
advocate of strong policy toward China. Described as
“arrogantly nationalistic” and “one of the Army’s most
trusted servants”.
Toyoda, Soemu, Admiral.
Commander-in-Chief Combined Fleet 1944; Supreme Military
Councillor 1942; Chief of Navy General Staff May 29, 1945.
Reported extremely nationalistic and anti-foreign. Address:
518 Shimouma, 3–Chome, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo (1940).
Umezu, Yoshijiro, General. Chief
of Army General Staff upon fall of Tojo Cabinet July 1944;
Commander of Kwantung Army for previous four years; Supreme
Military Councillor July 1944. Reported one of most
influential men in the Japanese Army. Signed surrender
document on behalf of Imperial General Headquarters on
September 2, 1945.
Ushiroku, Atsushi (Jun), General.
Supreme Military Council 1944. Commander-in-Chief South
China 1940. Chief of Staff Japanese Forces in China 1941.
Vice Chief, Army General Staff, 1943. A close friend of Tojo
and one of most active participants in aggressions in China
and Manchuria.
