Nomura, Kichisaburo, 1877-1964

Members of the Japanese defense counsel sit around a table. John Brannon is fourth from right. Elaine Fischel, a legal secretary, is third from right. The man fifth from the right is Kichisaburo Nomura. John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.

Members of the Japanese defense counsel sit around a table. John Brannon is fourth from right. Elaine Fischel, a legal secretary, is third from right. The man fifth from the right is Kichisaburo Nomura. John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.

The Navy defendants were interested in Nomura's story of the delayed Japanese notification of the Pearl Harbor attack. Reading around the table from left to right, Okuyama (Counsel for Kagans), Takahaski (Counsel for Shimada, Navy Minister), McDermoth (Counsel for Shimada), Admiral Nomura (Japanese Ambassador to the United States), John Brannon, Elaine Fischel, Yamaska (New York attorney), Colonel Warren (Council for Admiral Oka, one of the accused).