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1) 
Sgt Matsuda Kenichi
Committing a War Crime
“in that he, at WAICHOW, between the 25th May 1945 and the 5th August 1945, being in the service of the occupying power in the Japanese Gendarmerie, in violation of the...
2) 
Sgt. Maj. Yamada Kiichiro (D1)
Sgt. Awa Isao (D2)
Committing a War Crime
“in that they at TAI PO, New Territories, Hong Kong, between the 28th Dec 1944 and 8th Jan 1945, when members of the Kempeitai Staff of Tai Po Gendarmerie, were, in vio...
3) 
Niimori Genichiro
First Charge: Committing a War Crime
“in that he on the high seas between the 27th September 1942 and the 2nd October 1942 when in the service of the Japanese Army as an interpreter with a d...
4) 
W/O Omura Kyoshi
Committing a War Crime
“in that he at Kowloon between the 8th June 1944 and the 19th July 1945 when in the service of the occupying power as W.O. in charge of the Special Branch of the Japane...
5) 
Sgt. Major Matsunobu Shigeru
Committing a War Crime
‘in that he at Hong Kong between 7th December 1944 and 18th August 1945 being in the service of the occupying power in violation of the laws and usages of war concerned...
6) 
Sgt. Hanada Zenji (D1)
L./Cpl. Sano Toshiharu (D2)
W/O Kurosawa Hideo (D3)
Sgt Sakamoto Isoji (D4)
Committing a War Crime
“in that they at Hong Kong between 20th July 1945 and 18th August 1945 being in the service of the occupying power of Japanese Gendarmerie, Headquarters, in violation o...
7) 
Sgt. Tashiro Toranosuke (D1)
Cpl. Ueno Mitsuo (D2)
Cpl. Kuribayashi Shigeru (D3)
Committing a War Crime
“in that they at or near KINKASEKI Formosa between the months of November 1942 and August 1945 when members of the staff of No. 1 Prisoner of War Camp FORMOSA were in v...
8) 
S.M. Ito Junichi
Committing a War Crime
“in that he, at Tsun Wan on or about the 17th August, 1945, when a member of the KEMPEITAI, was, in violation of the laws and usages of war, concerned in the killing of...
9) 
Sgt. Miyasue Suekichi
Committing a War Crime
‘in that he at Hong Kong between 26th March, 1944 and the 31st July, 1945, when a member of the Interrogating Staff of the Gendarmerie, was in violation of the laws and...
10) 
Sgt. Kawamoto Kaname
First Charge: Committing a War Crime
“in that he at Hong Kong on or about the 27th April 1942, when a member of the Kempeitai, in violation of the laws and usages of war, was concerned in the...
11) 
Inouye Kanao
First Charge: Committing a War Crime
“in that he at Hong Kong, on or about the twenty first day of December 1942, when an interpreter on the Prisoner of War Camp Staff at Sham Shuipo Camp, in...
12) 
W.O Yabuki Rikie (D1)
Civ. Takemoto Otojiro (D2)
Civ. Ohtsuka Sekitaro (D3)
First Charge (against each Accused)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they, at Hong Kong between 21st April 1943 when members of the Staff of the Kempeitai Headquarters, Supreme Court Building...
13) 
Lt. Suzuki Nebuo (D1)
Lt. Tamara Iwao (D2)
S/M Furuo Tatsuo (D3)
Sgt Nakajima Miteshi (D4)
First Charge (against each Accused)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they, at or near KOKUTSU CAMP, FORMOSA, between 15th May, 1845 and 5th September, 1945 whilst members of the Camp Staff we...
14) 
Lt. Tamaki Koji (D1)
Sgt. Chiba Arashi (D2)
Sgt. Fujiie Horoji (D3)
First Charge (against each Accused)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they at Heito Camp, Formosa, between July 1942 and March 1945, whilst members of the Camp Staff of Heito Camp were in viol...
15) 
Lt. Kishi Yasuo (D1)
Lt. Matsumoto Chozaburo (D2)
W.O. Yanagizawa Sadao (D3)
S.M. Kodama Mitsutoshi (D4)
S.M. Uchida Hiroshi (D5)
Sjt. Jomori Riichi (D6)
Sjt. Sato Yoshio (D7)
Sjt. Yoshikawa Gunichi (D8)
Cpl. Kamishiro Katsumasa (D9)
L/Cpl. Takenaka Sekimatsu (D10)
L/Cpl. Ando Takashi (D11)
1/Pte. Takahashi Harukiko (D12)
Pte. Nishizawa Kenro (D13)
Pte. Uemura Gisaku (D14)
Pte. Okamoto Kichitaro (D15)
“Committing a war crime in that they at LANTAU ISLAND between 18 Aug. 45 and 26 Aug. 45 in violation of the laws and usages of war were together concerned in the beating, torture and maltreatment of...
16) 
Col. Noma Kennosuke
Committing a War Crime
“In that, the accused, at Hong Kong between the 25th December 1941 and the 18th January 1945, as head of the Kempeitai and as such responsible for public order, the con...
17) 
Capt. Shibata Shigeo (D1)
Sgt. Maj. Oba Takao (D2)
Committing a War Crime
“in that they at Hong Kong, between the 13th August, 1943 and the 19th February, 1945, when the accused SHIBATA SHIGEO was Commanding Officer of the EASTERN KEMPEITAI H...
18) 
S/M. Ogasawara Maruji (D1)
Sgt. Kawai Hisao (D2)
D1 and D2: Committing a War Crime
“in that they at TAIPO Gendarmerie, Hong Kong, in or about the month of March 1942 were, in violation of the laws and usages of War concerned in the killing ...
19) 
Col. Tokunaga Isao (D1)
Capt. Saito Shunkichi (D2)
Lt. Tanaka Hitochi (D3)
Int. Tsutada Itsuo (D4)
Sgt. Harada Jotaro (D5)
First Charge (against all Accused)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they at SHAM SHUI PO, HONG KONG, between the 24 January 1942 and the 15 August 1945 when members of the Prisoners-of-War Ca...
20) 
Major Gen. Shoji Toshishige
Committing a War Crime
“in that he at Hong Kong between the 17th and 26th December 1941, when Commanding Officer of the 230th Infantry Regiment of the 38th Division of the Imperial Japanese A...
21) 
Col. Tamura Teiichi (D1)
Major Hirano Noboru (D2)
Capt. Fujino Nasazo (D3)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they, at ICHINOMIYA, JAPAN, on or about the 15 August 1945, the accused Colonel TAMURA Teiichi, as Commander of the 426th Regiment Infantry Regiment, the accused Maj...
22) 
Sato Chochi
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that he at Hong Kong, between October 1942 and the 15th August 1945 when Medical Officer in charge of Stanley Gaol Hospital and as such responsible for the well-being of ...
23) 
Toda Mitsugu (D1)
Nakamura Katsumi (D2)
Yonemura Matsatoshi (D3)
Nagai Takegoro “Ghost” (D4)
Cho Kun Toku “Frying Pan” (D5)
Takeichi Seichi “Nelson” (D6)
Utsonomiya Kozo “Charlie Chaplin” (D7)
Zushi Teruo “Eagle and Don R” (D8)
Suenobu Fumio “Blackie” (D9)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they at KINKASEKI, FORMOSA, between December 1942 and May 1945, being on the staff of the KINKASEKI Nippon Mining Coy., and as such being responsible for the safety ...
24) 
Col. Sazawa Hideo (D1)
Lt. Hioki Shiro (D2)
Corpl. Matsumura Yoshio (D3)
First Charge (Against all Accused)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they at or near SHIROKAWA FORMOSA, between July 1943 and August 1945, the accused Colonel SAZAWA as Commandant Prisoner-of-...
25) 
Major General Tanaka Ryosaburo
First Charge
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that he at Hong Kong, between the 17th and 28th December, 1941 as Commanding Officer of the 229th Regiment of 38th Division of the Imperial Japanese A...
26) 
Lt. Oita Yoshijiro (D1)
Lt. Ashida Tsumoru (D2)
Committing a War Crime
in that they “at or near KINKASEKI CAMP, FORMOSA, between 14th November, 1942, and January, 1944, whilst members of the Camp Staff were, contrary to the Laws and usages...
27) 
Sergeant Tsubota Kanji
Committing a War Crime
In that he “at Tsunwan Kempeitai Station, Hong Kong, between 1st July, 1943, on or about, and 31st December, 1944”, was, “in violation of the Laws and usages of war...
28) 
Sergeant Ozawa Tomukuchi
Committing a War Crime
In that he “at Hong Kong between the 14th May, 1943 and the 29th June, 1943, was in violation of the laws and usages of war, concerned in the illtreatment of prisoners ...
29) 
Capt.Ushiyama Yukio (D1)
S/M Ishiyama Kakue (D2)
S/M Morino Sakuzo (D3)
S/M Matsuyama Hiroshi (D4)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they, at Hong Kong, between the 30th December 1941 and the 17th February 1945, the accused Capt. USHIYAMA Yukio, as Commanding Officer of the Western Kempeitai Headq...
30) 
Col. Nakano Junichi (D1)
Capt. Imamura Yachashi (D2)
Lt. Wakasugi Jiro (D3)
First Charge (Against all Accused)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they at and near KARENKO, FORMOSA, between 1st July 1942 and 30th June 1943, the accused Col. NAKAO as Commandant Prisoner-...
31) 
Sgt. Major Honda Isamu
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that he, at CHEUNG CHOW ISLAND in the Colony of Hong Kong between the 24th December 1944 and the 13th January 1945 when officer in charge of the CHEUNG CHOW KEMPEITAI ST...
32) 
S.M. Ito Junichi
Committing a War Crime
“in that he, at Tsun Wan on or about the 17th August 1945, when a member of the Kempeitai, was, in violation of the laws and usages of war, concerned in the killing of ...
33) 
S/M Kamada Yasushi
Committing a War Crime
“in that he, at Hong Kong between 1st June 1945 and 31st August 1945, was, in violation of the laws and usages of war concerned in the illtreatment of Li Wai Lam, Chang...
34) 
Lt. Obata Chikuro (D1)
W/O. Takayama Masao (D2)
W/O. Yabuki Rikie (D3)
W/O. Oda Tanpei (D4)
S/M. Saruwatari Norishige (D5)
Sgt. Kebo Yoshiji (D6)
Sgt. Sasaki Yoshize (D7)
Senior Ptd. Watanabe Tamotsu (D8)
Committing a War Crime
“In that they at the New Territories, Hong Kong, between the end of February 1945, and the 15th August, 1945, the Accused Lieut. OBATA CHIKURO as Commanding Officer and...
35) 
Sgt. Kuwano Nobuyuki
First Charge: Committing a War Crime
“in that he, at Hong Kong in or about the month of September 1943, was, in Violation of the Laws and Usages of war, concerned in the illtreatment of Li Ch...
36) 
Rear Admiral Sakonju Naomasa (D1)
Captain Mayazumi Haruo (D2)
Committing a War Crime
“in that on the High Seas at or about midnight of the 18th/19th March 1944, the accused Rear Admiral SAKONJU Naomasa as Commanding Officer of the 16th Squdron, South-We...
37) 
Colonel Kanazawa Asao
First Charge: Committing a War Crime
“in that he, at Hong Kong, between the 10th Feb. 1945 and the 15th Aug. 1945, was, in violation of the laws and usages of war, concerned in the illtreatme...
38) 
Major Hirao Yoshio
Committing a War Crime
“in that he at Kowloon in the Colony of Hong Kong between the 8th Sept. 1943 and the 15th of August 1945, as Commanding Officer of the Kowloon Kempeitai of the Imperial...
39) 
Capt. Yoshimi Taneyoshi (D1)
Lt. Ishii Minoru (D2)
Lt. Funaoka Masao (D3)
S/Maj. Yamamoto Katsundo (D4)
Sgt. Kawano Mitsutoshi (D5)
Sgt. Sato Atsushi (D6)
Cpl. Yamaguchi Kiyaoshige (D7)
Committing a War Crime
“in that they at DAICHOKU near TAIHOKU, Formosa, between November 1942 and September 1945, the accused Capt. YOSHIMI as Doctor to all the P.O.W. Camp groups, the accuse...
40) 
Major Uete Taichi (D1)
Lt. Kuruta Iwao (D2)
Lt. Kawaida Susuma (D3)
Sgt. Kiya Tsuneo (D4)
Sgt. Mizuguchi Mineru (D5)
Sgt. Hakosaki Toshiaki (D6)
Pte. Hanagaki Yoshio (D7)
Civ. Oo Ki (D8)
First Charge (All): Committing a War Crime
“in that they at DAICHOKU near TAIHOKU, Formosa, between November 1942 and September 1945, the accused, Major UETE Taichi as Commandant of P.O.W. Ca...
41) 
Sgt. Maj. Kuwaki Kiyomori (D1)
Sgt. Nakajima Tokuzo (D2)
First charge (both): Committing a War Crime
In that they “at Shataukok between the 1st of August 1943 and the 31st of December 1944, the first named accused as Officer Commanding and the seco...
42) 
Lt. Gen. Ito Takeo
First Charge: Committing a War Crime
“in that he at Hong Kong, between the 17th and 31st December 1941, as Commander of the 38 Infantry Unit of the 38 Division, was, in Violation of the Laws ...
43) 
W.O Omura Kiyoshi (D1)
Sgt. Nishida Masato (D2)
S/M Kawazumi Jun (D3)
S/M Yoshioka Eizo (D4)
Sgt. Kawai Hisao (D5)
First Charge (against all accused)
Committing a War Crime
“in that they, between 26th September 1944 and 15 November 1944 at the Yaumati Police Station Building, Kowloon, the first nam...
44) 
Kyoda Shigeru
Committing a War Crime
“in that he on the High Seas, on the 1st and 2nd October 1942, when Master of the Military Transport S.S. “LISBON MARU” and as such responsible for the lives and sa...
45) 
Lieutenant-General Kinoshita Kiichi (D1)
Sergeant Yoshida Bunzo (D2)
First charge
Committing a War Crime (against D1, D2)
“in that at Shanghai between about the 1st July 1943 and 31st August 1943 the accused KINOSHITA Eiichi then Major General Commandin...
46) 
Sergeant Major Yokohata Toshiro
Committing a War Crime
“in that he at Shanghai between 1st September, 1942, and 30th November, 1942, as a Sergeant in the Shanghai Kempeitai, was, in violation of the Laws and Usages of War, ...