SCAPIN-991: APPREHENSION OF SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINALS

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
31 May 1946

AG 000.5 (31 May 46) LS
(SCAPIN - 991)

MEMORANDUM FOR

IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.

THROUGH

Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.

SUBJECT

Apprehension of Suspected War Criminals.

The Following named Japanese will be apprehended as Suspected War Criminals and delivered to the Commanding General, EIGHTH Army, at Sugamo Prison (Tokyo Detention Camp), at the earliest possible date.
NAME
RANK OR TITLE
PERTINENT DATA
ASHIDA, Tsumoru
1st Lt.
Administrative Officer Formosa.
Kinkaseki Branch Camp Jul 42 - Jan 44
Heito Branch Camp Jan 44 -Mar 45
Shirakawa Branch Camp Mar 45 - Sep 45
FUJII, Hiroji
Sgt.
Medical Corps, Formosa
Heito Branch Camp Jul 42-Mar 45
Daichoku Branch Camp Mar 45 - Sep 45
Probable home address: 2711 Oaza Omohage Kashima-Cho, Totsu-Gun, Saga Prefecture.
FUJIWARA, Kiyotaka
Pvt.
Interpreter, Formosa.
Kinkaseki Branch Camp Dec 44 - Sep 45
Probable home address: Nakatomo-Cho, Omuda City, Fukuoka Prefecture.
FURUO, Tatsuo
Sgt/Maj
Fomosa.
Heito Branch Camp Jul 42 - Apr 44
Kinkaseki Branch Camp May 44 - Sep 45 Probable home address: 1551 Oaza Kutami, Kutami-Cho, Kamoto-Gun, Kumamoto Prefecture.
HAKOZAKI, Toshiaki
Sgt.
Formosa.
Taichu Branch Camp Mar 43 - Apr 45
Daichoku Branch Camp Apr 45 - Sep 45
Probable home address: Akigoe-Mura, Takada-Gun, Hiroshima Prefecture.
HIGUCHI, Keishichiru
Maj. Gen.
Former Chief of Staff Formosa Garrison Hqs during 1942 - 1943.
KAWANO(KOONO), Mitsutoshi
Sgt.
Formosa
Daichoku Branch Camp Jan 43 - Apr 43
Karenko Branch Camp May 43 - Jan 45
Headquarters Jan 45 - Mar 45
Kinkaseki Brandh Camp Apr 45 - Sep 45
KIHARA, Toshinori
Cpl.
Medical Corps, Formosa
Taichu Branch Camp Jul 42 - Apr 45
Daichoku Branch Camp Apr 45 - Jul 45.
KOGA, Yoshio
Civilian
Interpreter.
Formosa. Shirakawa Branch Camp Jul 42 - May 43
Karenko Branch Camp June 1943.
MINAGUCHI (MIZUGUCHI), MinoruSgt.
Formosa
Taichu Branch Camp Jul 42 - Apr 45
Daichoku Branch Camp Apr 45 - Sep 45
Probable home address: c/o Shina Kaneko, Aza Sunohara, Ikumo-Mura, Abu-Gun, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
MIZUNO, Misao
Colonel
Officer in charge Medical Corps, Formosa Garrison Hqs., Jul 42 - Nov 43.
MOCHIZUKI, Tamotsu
Civilian
Formosa.
Taichu Branch Camp Jul 42 - Apr 45
Probable home address: 314 Aza Niikura, Misato-Mura, Minami Koma-Gun Yamanashi Prefecture.
NAGAYAMA, Moriyasu
1st Lt.
Officer in charge, Formosa Taichu Branch Camp Jul 42 - Jun 43
Probable home address: 15 Imafuku Ohta Amagasaki City.
NAKAJIMA(Shuen) , Hidenobu
1st Lt.
Administrative Officer Formosa.
Shirakawa Branch Camp Jul 42 - Mar 43
Taichu Branch Camp Mar 43 - Jul 44.
NAKANO, Junichi
Colonel
Commandant Formosa Hqs POW Camps during 1942 and 1943.
NAKASHIMA (NAKAJIMA), Mitoshi
Sgt.
Formosa.
Daichoku Branch Camp Jul 42 - Apr 44
Heito Branch Camp May 44 - Mar 45
Kinkaseki Branch Camp Apr 45 - Sep 45
Probable home address: 1243 Aza Hane Nishi Tama-Mura, Nishi Tama-Gun, Tokyo.
NISHIYAMA, Keikichi
Maj. Gen.
Officer in Charge, Medical Corps, Formosa Garrison Hqs from Nov 44 - Sep 45.
OITA, Yoshijiro
1st Lt.
Admin. Officer, Formosa.
Kinkaseki Branch Camp Jul 42 - Mar 43.
Heito Branch Camp, Mar 43 - Jun 43.
Daidhoku Branch Camp Apr 45 - Sep 45.
Hqs. Jun 43 - Apr 45.
Probable home address: 2-27 Taisei Doori, Tooseiku, Osaka City.
SAKIYAMA, Kazuto
Sgt.
Formosa.
Taichu Branch Camp Jul 42 - Apr 45
Daichoku Branch Camp Apr 45 - Sep 45
Probable home address: 39 Kamiharacho, Kure City Hiroshima Prefecture.
SHIMIZU, Tadayo
Colonel
Officer in charge, Medical Corps, Formosa Garrison Hqs, Nov 43 - Nov 44
SUZUKI, Nobuo
1st Lt.
Formosa
Heito Branch Camp Jul 42 - Jan 44
Kinkaseki Branch Camp Jan 44 - Sep 45
Probable home address: 1238 Dake, Shimoishuin-Mura, Hioki-Gun, Kagoshima Prefecture.
TAHIRA, Iwao
1st Lt.
Administrative Officer, Formosa.
Kinkaseki Branch Camp Mar 44 - Sep 45
Probable home addres: Kumamoto-Ken, Kuma-Gun, Oka-Mura, Oaza, Miyahara.
TAJIMA, Takeshi(Kyu)
Cpl.
Formosa
Heito Branch Camp Jul 42 - Mar 44
TSUSHI (DZUSHI), Teruo
Civilian
Mine Foreman, Nippon Kogyo Mine, Kinkaseki Formosa, Jan 43 - Nov 44 Drafted into army in 1944.
Left Formosa for Japan in 1946.
Probable residence in Kyushu or Shikoku.
WAKIYAMA, Yoshio
Captain
Officer in charge Kinkaseki Branch Camp Formosa, Jul 42 - Nov 43.
Shirakawa Branch Camp Dec 43 - Jan 44
Last reported at Hiroshima Military Hospital, Nov 45.
YAMAGUCHI, Kiyoshige
Cpl.
Medical Corps, Formosa
Daichoku Branch Camp Jul 42 - Feb 43
Taichu Branch Camp Mar 43 - Feb 45
YAMAMOTO, Katsuto
Sgt/Maj
Formosa
Daichoku Branch Camp Jul 42 - Dec 42
Shirakawa Branch Camp Dec 42 - Feb 43
Karenko Branch Camp Mar 43 - May 43
Shirakawa Branch Camp Jan 43 - Feb 44
Probable home address: Hongasaiwa, Amizu-Mura, Udo-Gun, Kumamoto Prefecture.
YAMANAKA, Jungi
Pvt.
Interpreter, Formosa Karenko Branch Camp Mar 43 - May 43
Shirakawa Branch Camp Jun 43 - Feb 45
YOKOTA, Hiroshi
Lt. Col.
Staff Officer in charge of POW Camps, Formosa Garrison Hqs, Jul 42 - Dec 43.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

B. M. FITCH,
Brigadier General, AGD,
Adjutant General.