The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War)

by Toland, John

  Brian D. Hackman, Guadalcanal

  Colonel Tatsuo Haki, Bataan

  Ryuji Hamai, Hiroshima

  Shinzo Hamai,* mayor of Hiroshima (2 interviews)

  W. Averell Harriman, U. S. ambassador to Moscow

  Saiji Hasegawa, Domei

  Shinichi Hasegawa, Yonosuke Matsuoka’s secretary

  Colonel Takushiro Hattori,‡ Army General Staff (3 interviews)

  Toshiyuki Hayama, Nagasaki

  Mrs. Matsuyo Hayashi, Hiroshima

  Colonel Saburo Hayashi, Palace revolt

  Tosaku Hayashiya, Tokyo fire bombing, May 25, 1945

  Jinsai Higa, General Ushijima’s barber

  Professor Kiyoshi Hiraizumi, teacher of the Imperial Way (2 interviews)

  Private Kiyomi Hirakawa, Iwo Jima

  Lieutenant Colonel Takashi Hirakushi, Saipan (2 interviews)

  Lieutenant (s.g.) Shigeo Hirayama, Battle of Leyte Gulf

  Matao Hisatomi, correspondent on Leyte

  General Ho Ying-chin, Chief of Staff, Chinese Nationalist Army

  Private Shuzen Hokama, Okinawa (2 interviews)

  Admiral Ernest Holtzworth, Pearl Harbor

  Jiro Homma, peace move in Sweden

  Major Yoshitaka Horie, Iwo Jima, etc. (4 interviews)

  Naoki Hoshino, Tojo Cabinet (3 interviews)

  Morisada Hosokawa, Prince Konoye’s secretary and son-in-law

  Petty Officer Shiro Hosoya, Musashi (2 interviews)

  Lieutenant Colonel Masataka Ida, Palace revolt (2 interviews)

  Major Einosuke Iemura, Guadalcanal

  Tsuyako Iju, Okinawa

  Captain Sadae Ikeda, Musashi (2 interviews)

  Lieutenant Haruki Iki, sinking of Repulse

  Professor Seiji Imabori, Hiroshima

  Warrant Officer Kaname Imai, Okinawa

  Colonel Takeo Imai, Marco Polo Bridge incident and Bataan (2 interviews)

  General Hitoshi Imamura,‡ Java and Guadalcanal

  Major Kumao Imoto, Army General Staff and Guadalcanal (2 interviews)

  Lieutenant Colonel Masao Inaba, Palace revolt (2 interviews)

  Sergeant Kenichi Inagaki, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Dr. Masaru Inaoka, Iwo Jima

  Genji Inoue, Leyte

  Sukemasa Irie, Chamberlain to the Emperor

  Ryoichi Ishizaki, Leyte

  Yoshimichi Itagawa, The Wounded Soldiers’ Association of Japan

  Captain Koichi Ito, Okinawa

  Colonel Tsuneo Ito, War History Office

  Pfc. Waichi Ito, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Commander Haruki Itoh, Guadalcanal

  Mrs. Fukiko Iura, Hiroshima

  Colonel Hideo Iwakuro, peace negotiations in Washington (3 interviews)

  Mrs. Chiyo Iwamiya, proprietress of Iwamiya Inn, Mitsukue, Shikoku

  Hajime Iwanaga, Nagasaki

  Rikuro Iwata, student factory worker

  Tomoko Iwata, student factory worker

  Miyoko Jahana, Okinawa (Mrs. Toguchi)

  Colonel Nobuhiko Jimbo, Philippines (2 interviews)

  General Albert Jones,* Bataan

  Hideko Kakinohana, Okinawa (Mrs. Yoshimura)

  Corporal Kiyoshi Kamiko, Leyte (3 interviews)

  Lieutenant (s.g.) Arashi Kamimura, Shimakaze

  Shinichi Kamimura, chief, Chinese Section, Foreign Ministry, Marco Polo incident

  Lieutenant Hisamichi Kano, Philippines

  Osanaga Kanroji, High Priest, the Meiji Shrine

  Toshikazu Kase, assistant to Matsuoka and Togo

  Colonel Tadashi Katakura, 2/26 Incident, Burma, etc. (5 interviews)

  Captain Kenkichi Kato, Musashi

  Toshio Katsube, Tokyo fire bombing, March 10, 1945

  Seigo Kawasaki, Okinawa (2 interviews)

  Okinori Kaya, Tojo Cabinet (3 interviews)

  Marquis Koichi Kido (4 interviews)

  Gonichi Kimura, Hiroshima

  Ikuko Kimura, employed by Shigenori Togo

  Shigeru Kinjo, Okinawa

  Kojiro Kitamura, peace move in Switzerland

  Tadahiko Kitayama, Hiroshima, etc. (2 interviews)

  Shunzo Kobayashi, Matsuoka’s defense counsel at IMTFE

  Yoshio Kodama, associate of Tsuji, Onishi, etc. (4 interviews)

  Keizo Kohno, Burma

  Yuichiro Kominami, Tokyo fire bombing, March 10, 1945

  Captain Keizo Komura, Pearl Harbor to Okinawa (2 interviews)

  Michitaka Konoye, younger son of Prince Konoye (2 interviews)

  General Haruo Konuma, Guadalcanal (3 interviews)

  Hachiro Kosasa, Nagasaki (2 interviews)

  Mrs. Hachiro Kosasa, Nagasaki

  Lieutenant Commander Choichi Koyama, Hatsuyuki

  Admiral Tomiji Koyanagi, Guadalcanal, Marianas and Leyte (2 interviews)

  Sachiko Kuda, Okinawa (Mrs. Omi)

  Mrs. Yoshiko Kugiya, proprietress of Kugiman Inn

  Lieutenant (s.g.) Kazutoshi Kuhara, Pearl Harbor, etc.

  Captain Hiromu Kumano, Imphal campaign

  Daisuke Kuriga, Sakhalin

  Pfc. Noboru Kuriyama, Okinawa

  Mrs. Saburo Kurusu

  Admiral Jinichi Kusaka, commander, Southeast Area Fleet

  Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka (6 interviews)

  Father Hugo Lassalle (Makibi Enomiya), Hiroshima

  Yeoman C. O. Lines, Pearl Harbor

  Tokuzo Makiminato, Okinawa

  Toraichi Masuda, Leyte

  Tsuneo Mataba, naval salvage expert

  Miyoko Matsubara, Hiroshima

  Shigeharu Matsumoto, managing editor of Domei

  Lieutenant Hirata Matsumura, Pearl Harbor

  Cadet Hisashi Matsumura, information on prisoners of war

  Kenichiro Matsuoka, son of Yosuke Matsuoka

  Colonel Sei Matsutani, Army General Staff

  Dr. Yoshimasa Matsuzaka, Hiroshima

  John J. McCloy, The Assistant Secretary of War

  Yates McDaniel, Singapore

  Prince Mikasa

  Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, Battle of Savo Island

  Dr. Yoichi Misaki, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Shizuko Miura, Saipan (Mrs. Sugano)

  Petty Officer Shikichi Miyagi, Okinawa (3 interviews)

  Shuji Miyahara, student mobilization

  Mieko Miyahira, Okinawa

  Colonel Yoshio Miyauchi, Leyte

  Commander Kazunari Miyo, Navy General Staff (2 interviews)

  Eduardo Montilla, Leyte

  Captain Joseph Moore, Clark Field

  Chiematsu Mori, Shikoku

  Lieutenant (j.g.) Juzo Mori, Pearl Harbor

  Shigeyoshi Morimoto, Nagasaki

  Mrs. Shigeyoshi Morimoto, Nagasaki

  Pfc. Hiroshi Morishima, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Professor Ichiro Moritaki, Hiroshima

  Dr. Tadashi Moriya, Leyte

  Colonel William Morse, Philippines

  Baron Yonosuke (Ian) Mutsu, Domei

  General Yatsuji Nagai, Matsuoka trip to Germany, and Missouri (2 interviews)

  Professor Shogo Nagaoka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki (3 interviews)

  Captain Ko Nagasawa,* Java Sea, Coral Sea and Midway (2 interviews)

  Lieutenant (s.g.) Masanao Naito, Musashi

  Chomei Nakachi, Okinawa

  Fumihiko Nakajima, Marianas

  Pfc. Hideichi Nakamura, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Yukio Nakamura, secret service agent, Marco Polo Bridge incident

  Seizen Nakasone, Okinawa

  General Akira Nara,ǁ Bataan (2 interviews)

  Kaoru Naruse, Nagasaki (2 interviews)

  Ricardo P. Negru, Leyte

  Hiroshi Niino, NHK (2 interviews)

  Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitzǁ

  Ambassador Haruhiko Nishi, Foreign Minister Togo’s deputy (2 interviews)

  Midori Nishida, Nagasaki

  Masao Nishikawa, Leyte

  Sergeant Kunio Nishimura, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Gen Nishino, Guadalcanal (5 interviews)

 
Commander Shigeru Nishino, Battle of Surigao Strait

  Colonel Susumu Nishiura, secretary to Tojo (2 interviews)

  Zenso Noborikawa, Okinawa

  Yeoman Second Class Mitsuharu Noda, Yamato and Saipan

  First Lieutenant Sajibei Noguchi, Imphal campaign

  Sergeant Yoshio Noguchi, Leyte (3 interviews)

  Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura,ǁ ambassador to the United States

  Admiral Naokuni Nomura, German-Japanese military co-operation

  Mrs. Fumiko Nozaki, Okinawa

  Shinichi Nozaki, Okinawa

  Mrs. Yasuko Nukushina, Hiroshima

  Etsuko Obata, Nagasaki

  Admiral Sueo Obayashi, Battle of the Philippine Sea

  Mikio Ogawa, Leyte

  Kiwamu Ogiwara, Matsuoka’s shosei

  Captain Toshikazu Ohmae, Battle of the Philippine Sea, etc. (2 interviews)

  Ensign Toshihiko Ohno, Iwo Jima (4 interviews)

  Captain Atsushi Oi, naval expert

  Seizo Okamura, curator of Naval Gallery, Etajima

  Pfc. Kazuyuki Okumura, Leyte

  Ryoko Okuyama, Saipan (Mrs. Miura)

  Ensign Satoru Omagari, Iwo Jima (4 interviews)

  Yeoman Heijiro Omi, Admiral Yamamoto’s chief orderly (2 interviews)

  Kunio Ono, Hiroshima

  Takeshi Ono, Manchuria

  General Makoto Onodera, peace move in Sweden

  Yoshiko Ooganeku, Okinawa (Mrs. Kitashiro)

  Colonel Adrianus van Oosten, prisoner of war

  Tokuo Ootowa, Hiroshima

  Chosei Osato, Okinawa

  General Hiroshi Oshima, Japanese ambassador to Germany

  Chief Petty Officer Mitsukuni Oshita, sinking of Hiyo

  Sergio Osmeña, President of the Philippines

  Masahide Ota, Okinawa

  Lieutenant Sadao (Roy) Otake, surrender mission to Manila

  Sayao Otsuka, midget-submarine training

  General Eugen Ott, German ambassador to Japan

  Dominic Otuana, Guadalcanal

  Second Lieutenant Robert Overstreet, Pearl Harbor

  Jose S. Pangelinan, Saipan

  Joe Price, Leyte

  Robert Price, Leyte

  Vicente Quintero, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer

  First Lieutenant John Rich, Saipan and Iwo Jima (2 interviews)

  Admiral Francis Rockwell, Philippines

  General Carlos Romulo, MacArthur’s staff (2 interviews)

  Shintaro Ryu,* peace move in Switzerland

  Manuel Sablan, Saipan

  Sheriff Mariano Sablan, Saipan

  Mayor Vicente D. Sablan, Saipan

  Dr. Ryokichi Sagane,a Nagasaki

  Pfc. Koichi Saijo, Okinawa (2 interviews)

  Petty Officer Haruyoshi Saima, Battle of Cape Esperance

  Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, Pearl Harbor

  Joe Sakisat, Saipan

  Hisatsune Sakomizu, secretary to Prime Ministers Okada and Suzuki (2 interviews)

  Tomie Sanada, Hiroshima (Mrs. Fujii)

  General Sadamu Sanagi, Philippines

  Colonel Fabian Sanchez, Cebu

  Commander Naohiro Sata, Pearl Harbor

  General Kenryo Sato, adviser to Tojo (7 interviews)

  Kyoko Sato, Hiroshima (Mrs. Heiya Yamamoto)

  Naotake Sato, Japanese ambassador to Russia (2 interviews)

  General Shozaburo Sato, 2/26 Incident

  Petty Officer Taro Sato, Musashi

  Captain Manuel Segura, Cebu

  Emi Sekimura, Tokyo fire bombing, March 10, 1945 (Mrs. Seo)

  Mrs. Yoshie Sekimura, Tokyo fire bombing, March 10, 1945

  Captain Hideo Sematoo, Hiroshima

  Tatsuo Shibata, editor-in-chief, the Mainichi Daily News

  Pfc. Toshio Shida, Okinawa

  Lieutenant Yoshio Shiga, Pearl Harbor and Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (3 interviews)

  Dr. Fumio Shigeto, Hiroshima

  Admiral Kiyohide Shima, Battle of Surigao Strait (3 interviews)

  Ensign Fukujiro Shimoyama, Musashi

  Private Shigeru Shimoyama, Hiroshima (5 interviews)

  Captain Tsuneo Shimura, Okinawa (2 interviews)

  Cesario Sipaco, Leyte

  John H. Skeen, Jr., General Homma’s defense counsel

  Sturmbannführer (Major) Otto Skorzeny, Teheran

  Admiral W. W. Smith, Pearl Harbor

  Admiral Raymond Spruance*

  Admiral Harold Stark

  Kamekichi Sugimoto, Nagasaki

  Major Mitsuo Suginoo, Guadalcanal

  Colonel Ichiji Sugita, Singapore and Missouri (2 interviews)

  Captain Tatsumaru Sugiyama, aviation officers’ plot against Tojo, etc. (2 interviews)

  Captain Eijiro Suzuki, Pearl Harbor (2 interviews)

  Hajime Suzuki, son of Prime Minister Suzuki

  Commander Suguru Suzuki, Pearl Harbor

  Pfc. Tadashi Suzuki, Guadalcanal

  General Teiichi Suzuki, President of the Cabinet Planning Board (2 interviews)

  Admiral Sokichi Takagi, Navy Ministry

  Hachiro Takahashi, Burma

  Lieutenant (s.g.) Katsusaku Takahashi, sinking of Repulse

  Ensign Kiyoshi Takahashi, Musashi

  Dr. Shingo Takahashi, Leyte

  Dr. Susumu Takahashi, Tokyo fire bombing, March 10, 1945

  Chiyo Takamori, Hiroshima (Mrs. Takeuchi)

  General Tatsuhiko Takashima, chief of staff to General Seiichi Tanaka

  Lieutenant Colonel Masahiko Takeshita, Palace revolt (2 interviews)

  Harumi Takeuchi, peace mission to Manila

  Shiroku Tanabe, Hiroshima

  Commander Yahachi Tanabe, Midway

  Lieutenant Commander Tomonobu Tanaka, sinking of Soryu

  Morio Tateno, NHK announcer

  Nobuyuki Tateno, Japanese literature

  Corporal Shinjiro Terasaki, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Commander Masamichi Terauchi, Yukikaze

  Yasuhide Toda, Chamberlain to the Emperor

  Junji Togashi, Mainichi reporter

  Fumihiko Togo, son-in-law and adopted son of Shigenori Togo

  Mrs. Hideki Tojo (2 interviews)

  Hitoshi Tokai, Nagasaki

  Kazuko Tokai, Nagasaki (Mrs. Tanaka)

  Yoshihiro Tokugawa, Chamberlain to the Emperor

  Captain Sadatoshi Tomioka, Naval General Staff (5 interviews)

  Admiral Toshihiko Tomita, Etajima

  Mrs. Yoshiko Tomita, Hiroshima

  General Yoshiharu Tomochika, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Chief Petty Officer Hisao Tomokane, Shimakaze

  Commander Shukichi Toshikawa, Battle of Java Sea

  Staff Sergeant Frank Trammell,* Clark Field

  Colonel Jesse Traywick, Jr., Philippines

  President Harry S. Truman

  Robert Trumbull, Pearl Harbor and Missouri (2 interviews)

  Sadako Tsutsumimachi, Hiroshima (Mrs. Tochida)

  Seiyu Uema, Okinawa

  Takeshi Usami, Grand Steward of the Imperial Household

  Tomohiko Ushiba, Prince Konoye’s secretary (2 interviews)

  General Takaji Wachi, C/S Generals Homma and Yamashita

  Captain Tsunezo Wachi, Mexico and Iwo Jima

  Petty Officer Tadashi Wada, kamikaze pilot trainee

  Wang Chia-yu, Nationalist China Ministry of Information

  General Wang Shu-ming, Flying Tigers

  Commander Yasuji Watanabe,* on Yamamoto’s staff (3 interviews)

  Second Lieutenant William Welch, Pearl Harbor

  Kiichiro Yamada, Leyte (2 interviews)

  Sadahiro Yamada, Leyte

  Taro Yamada, naval ordnance expert

  Senji Yamaguchi, Nagasaki

  Major Chikuro Yamamoto, Guadalcanal

  Lieutenant (s.g.) Heiya Yamamoto, Akizuki

  Mrs. Makiko Yamamoto, widow of Commander Yuji Yamamoto

  Lieutenant (s.g.) Masahide Yamamoto, Guadalcanal sea battles

  Michiko
Yamaoka, Hiroshima

  Nobuko Yamashiro, Okinawa (Mrs. Oshiro)

  Eikichi Yamazato, Okinawa

  Kayo Yasuo, Okinawa

  Major Jesus Ybanez, Cebu

  Shigeru Yoshida,d Japanese ambassador to Great Britain

  Shozaburo Yoshida, Rabaul (3 interviews)

  Ensign Takeo Yoshikawa, Pearl Harbor

  Hajime Yukimune, Hiroshima

  B. Documents, Records and Reports

  Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. The Far East: 1931, Vol. III; 1932, Vols. III and IV; 1933, Vol. III; 1934, Vol. III; 1935, Vol. III; 1936, Vol. IV; 1937, Vols. III and IV; 1938, Vols. III and IV; 1939, Vols. III and IV; 1940, Vol. IV; 1941, Vols. III and IV. Washington: Department of State, 1946–1956.

  Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States: Japan, 1931–1941. 2 vols. Washington: Department of State, 1943.

  Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931–1941. Washington: Department of State, 1946.

  International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Dissenting Judgement (Justice Radhabinad Pal). Calcutta: Sanyal, 1953.

  International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Interrogations (listed in Notes).

  Japan Defense Agency. Archives of the War History Office. Unpublished manuscripts and records which are the source of the series of histories being written by the War History Office.

  Japan International Politics Association. “Records of the Meetings of the Liaison and Imperial Conferences.” Compiled by Dr. Jun Tsunoda, and others. Published in 7 vols. by Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, in 1962–1963, under the title The Road to the Pacific War.

  Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archives and Documents Section. “The Circumstances relating to the Termination of the War and Relative Historical Materials.” Unpublished manuscript and materials. Published version: Historical Records of the Surrender. 2 vols. Tokyo: Shimbun Gekkan, 1952.

  ———. Chronological Tables and Major Documents pertaining to Japan’s Foreign Relations. 2 volumes. Tokyo: Nihon Kokusai Rengo Kyokai, 1955.

  ———. Archives 1868–1945, microfilmed for the Library of Congress, 1949–1951. Compiled by Cecil H. Uyehara. Washington: Photoduplication Service, Library of Congress, 1954.

  Japanese monographs and studies. U.S. Department of the Army. Office, Chief of Military History Archives (listed in Notes).

  The NHK File on the Emperor’s recording and the Palace revolt.

  Pearl Harbor Attack. Hearings before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Congress of the United States, Seventy-ninth Congress. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.

  Takashima, Tatsuhiko. “Notes,” a report by Major General Tatsuhiko Takashima. Unpublished.

  U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS). The Effects of Strategic Bombing on Japanese Morale. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947.