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List of Japanese POW camps during World War II
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This is an incomplete list of Japan
ese-run military prisoner-of-war
and civilian
internment
camps during World War II. Some of these camps were for prisoners of war (POW) only. Some also held a mixture of POWs and civilian internees, while others held solely civilian internees.
Camps in Formosa (modern Taiwan
Camps in Dutch East Indies
Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of...
ese-run military prisoner-of-war
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
and civilian
Civilian
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internment
Internment
Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the meaning as: "The action of 'interning'; confinement within the limits of a country or place." Most modern usage is about individuals, and there is a distinction...
camps during World War II. Some of these camps were for prisoners of war (POW) only. Some also held a mixture of POWs and civilian internees, while others held solely civilian internees.
Camps in the Philippines
- CabanatuanRaid at CabanatuanThe Raid at Cabanatuan was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan City, in the Philippines...
- Camp O'DonnellCamp O'DonnellCamp O'Donnell was a facility of the United States Air Force in Capas, Tarlac, The Philippines. Before the facility was transferred to the Air Force, it was first a Philippine Constabulary post then a United States Army facility....
- Los BañosRaid at Los BañosThe raid at Los Baños in the Philippines, early Friday morning on 23 February 1945, was executed by a combined U.S. Army Airborne and Filipino guerrilla task force, resulting in the liberation of 2,147 Allied civilian and military internees from an agricultural school campus turned Japanese...
- Santo Tomas Internment CampSanto Tomas Internment CampSanto Tomas Internment Camp was the largest of several camps in the Philippines in which the Japanese interned enemy civilians, mostly Americans, in World War II The campus of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila was utilized for the camp which housed more than 4,000 internees from January 1942...
- Bilibid Prison
- Puerto Princesa Prison Camp
- Camp John Hay
- Camp Holmes
Camps in Malaya/Singapore
- Changi PrisonChangi PrisonChangi Prison is a prison located in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore.-First prison and POW camp:...
- Salarang Barracks
- River Valley Camp
- Blakang Mati
- Anderson School, Ipoh, Perak State, Malaya
Camps in Formosa (modern TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
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- Kinkaseki#1 JinguashiJinguashiJinguashi is a town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, notable for its historic gold and copper mines. It is also known as Kinkaseki in Japanese. From 1942-1945 it was used by the Japanese as a prisoner-of-war camp....
- Taichu#2 (Taichung)
- Heito#3 (PingTung)
- Shirakawa#4 (Chiayi)
- Taihoku#5 Mosak (Taipei)
- Taihoku#6 (Taipei)
- Karenko (Hualien)
- Tamazato (YuLi)
- Kukutsu (Taipei)
- Oka (Taipei)
- Toroku - (Touliu)
- Inrin - (Yuanlin)
- Inrin Temporary (Yuanlin)
- Takao (Kaohsiung)
- Churon (Taipei)
- Tiahokum (Taipei)
Camps in North Borneo
- Jesselton
- SandakanSandakan Death MarchesThe Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of more than 3,600 Indonesian civilian slave labourers and 2,400 Allied prisoners of war held captive by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II at prison...
Camps in China
- The Weihsien CompoundThe Weihsien CompoundThe Weihsien Internment Camp was a Japanese operated Civilian Assembly Center in the former Wei County , located in the present-day city of Weifang, Shandong, China. The compound was a Japanese-run military internment camps created during World War II to keep civilians Allied countries living in...
(Shandong) - Lunghua Civilian Assembly CenterLunghua Civilian Assembly CenterLunghua Civil Assembly Centre was one of the internment camps eventually established by the Empire of Japan in Shanghai for European and American citizens, who had anyway been resident under Japanese occupation since December 1941. James Graham Ballard was interned in the camp as an adolescent...
(Shanghai) - Lushun (Port Arthur) POW Camp
Camps in Dutch East IndiesDutch East IndiesThe Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Netherlands government in 1800....
(modern IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
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- Pontianak POW camp, PontianakPontianak, IndonesiaPontianak is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. It is a medium-size industrial city on the island of Borneo. Pontianak occupies an area of 107.82 km² in the delta of the Kapuas River...
(Dutch Borneo) (modern KalimantanKalimantanIn English, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while in Indonesian, the term "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo....
) - Balikpapan POW camp, BalikpapanBalikpapanBalikpapan is a seaport city on the eastern coast of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, in the East Kalimantan province, a resource-rich region well known for its timber, mining, and petroleum export products. Two harbors, Semayang and Kariangau , and the Sepinggan International Airport are the main...
(Dutch Borneo) (modern KalimantanKalimantanIn English, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while in Indonesian, the term "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo....
) - Makasura (CelebesSulawesiSulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
) - Tanjung Priok POW camp, Tanjung PriokTanjung PriokTanjung Priok is a subdistrict of North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It hosts the western part of the city's main harbour, the Port of Tanjung Priok...
(Java) - Koan School, Batavia (modern JakartaJakartaJakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
) (Java) - Glodok Gaol, Golodok, a suburb of Batavia (modern Jakarta) (Java)
- Bicycle Camp, Batavia (modern Jakarta) (Java)
- BandungBandungBandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...
(Java) - Tjideng
- Usapa Besar (TimorTimorTimor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 30,777 square kilometres...
) - AmbarawaAmbarawaAmbarawa is a market town located between Semarang and Salatiga in Central Java, Indonesia.Ambarawa was an important connecting rail link providing a cog railway connecting through Central Java as far as Yogyakarta via Magelang. The Semarang-Ambarawa-Magelang line was fully operational until 1977...
(Java) - Bangkong (Java)
- Lampersari (Java)
Camps in Hong Kong
- Argyle Street CampArgyle Street CampArgyle Street Camp was a Japanese World War II Prisoner-of-war camp in Kowloon, Hong Kong which primarily held officer prisoners. Built by the Hong Kong government as a refugee camp before the war , it began life as a POW camp soon after Kowloon and the New Territories were abandoned to the Japanese...
- Ma Tau Chong Camp
- Ma Tau Wai Camp
- North Point CampNorth Point CampNorth Point Camp was a Japanese World War II Prisoner-of-war camp in North Point, Hong Kong which primarily held Canadian and Royal Naval prisoners. Built by the Hong Kong government as a refugee camp before the war, it was severely damaged during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong Island on the...
- Sham Shui Po Camp
- Stanley Internment CampStanley Internment CampStanley Internment Camp was a civilian internment camp in Hong Kong during World War II. Located in Stanley, on the southern end of Hong Kong Island, it was used by the Japanese imperial forces to hold non-Chinese enemy nationals after their victory in the Battle of Hong Kong, a battle in the...
Camps in Japan
- Achi Yamakita
- Aioshi
- AkasakaAkasaka, Tokyois a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi nightlife district....
- Akenobe #6B
- AkitaAkita, Akitais the capital city of Akita Prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan.As of June 11, 2005, with the merger of the former Kawabe District , the city has an estimated population of 323,310 and density of...
- Amagasaki Subcamp
- Aokuma (or Okuma) (FukuokaFukuoka, Fukuokais the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...
#22) - AomoriAomori, Aomoriis the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 302,068 and a density of 366 persons per km². Its total area was 824.52 km².- History :...
(Ōmori, Tokyo Base Camp #1) - Arao
- Asahigawa
- Ashio
- Ashikago
- Atami
- Beppu
- Bibai-Machi Branch Camp #3
- Camp #11 (Fukuoka #11) (Later renamed #8)
- Camp #23
- ChibaChiba, Chibais the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960,000....
- Chugenji (or Chuzenji)
- Franciscan MonasteryFranciscan MonasteryThe Franciscan Friary, Baja, is a Franciscan friary in the city of Baja in the Southern Great Plain Region of Hungary....
- Fukuoka #17Fukuoka 17Fukuoka #17 Branch Prisoner of War Camp was a Japanese Prisoner-of-war camp located at the Mitsui Kozan Miike Kogyo-Sho coal mine and Mitsui Zinc Foundry in Shinminato-machi, Omuta-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan, during World War II.-History:...
- FujiFuji-People:* Mr. Fuji, ring name of wrestling and manager Harry Fujiwara* Keiko Fuji, a Japanese singer of the 1960s and 1970s, and mother of Hikaru Utada* Sumiko Fuji, a Japanese actressFictional characters* Fuji , a character in the Stormwatch series...
- Funatsu
- Furashi
- Furumaki
- FuseFuse, Shimanewas a village located in Oki District, Shimane, Japan.On October 1, 2004 Fuse was merged the town of Saigō, and the villages of Goka and Tsuma, all from Oki District, to form the new town of Okinoshima....
- Futase (Fukuoka #10, later renamed #7)
- Futatsui City
- GifuGifu, Gifuis a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used...
- Nagara Hotel - Hakodate #2 (Utashinia or Akabira)
- Hakodate #3 (Utashin1a)
- Hakodate Divisional Camp
- Hakodate Main Camp
- Hakone
- HanawaHanawa(real name is a Japanese singer and comedian raised in Saga city. He plays the bass guitar.He rose to fame in Japan for a comical song about Saga Prefecture and its oddities.-External links:* *...
Sendai #6 - Harina (or Harima)
- HayashiHayashiHayashi , is a common Japanese surname.-People:*Asuka Hayashi *Chūshirō Hayashi *Hayashi Fubo *Hayashi Fumiko *Fumio Hayashi *Hayashi Fusao...
Village - Higashi-Misone (Subcamp #10)
- Himeji
- Hiraoka (Subcamp #3)
- Hirohata Divisional Camp
- HitachiHitachi, Ibarakiis a city located on the Pacific Ocean in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Its name could be directly translated as "sunrise", but probably more appropriately adapted to "prosperous wealth" .-Demographics:...
(Ibaraki-Ken Camp #D12) - HitachiHitachi, Ibarakiis a city located on the Pacific Ocean in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Its name could be directly translated as "sunrise", but probably more appropriately adapted to "prosperous wealth" .-Demographics:...
Motoyama - Ichioka (or Itchioka) Stadium Hospital
- Iizuka (Probably #7)
- Ikuno (Osaka #4B)
- Imoshima Island (Subcamp #2)
- KagawaKagawaKagawa can refer to:* Kagawa Prefecture * Kagawa District, Kagawa * Kagawa, Kagawa , town located in Kagawa District* Kagawa Station , train station in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture* 6665 Kagawa, main-belt asteroid-People:...
Christian Fellowship Home - Kamioka
- Kamiso Subcamp #1
- Kamitan (or Kamita) Kozan (Sendai #11)
- Kanagawa Kenko
- Kanagawa Tokyo 2nd Div.
- KanazawaKanazawa, Ishikawais the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.-Geography, climate, and population:Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. Its total area is 467.77 km².Kanazawa's...
- Kanose
- Kashii (or Kashu) Camp #1 (Fukuoka #1)
- KawasakiKawasaki, Kanagawais a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
#1 - Kawasaki Camp - Kobe
- KawasakiKawasaki, Kanagawais a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
Dispatch Camp #5 - KawasakiKawasaki, Kanagawais a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
Subcamp #2 ("Mitsui Madhouse") - Kempei Tai
- Kita Corygara
- KobeKobe, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
- KobeKobe, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
(Camp #31) - KobeKobe, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
POW Hospital - KōchiKochi, Kochiis the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.Kōchi is the main city of the prefecture with over 40% of its population. As of May 31, 2008, the city had an estimated population of 340,515 and a density of...
- KosakaKosakaKosaka may refer to:*Kosaka, Akita, a town located in Kazuno District, Akita, Japan.People named Kosaka include:*Akiko Kosaka, a singer-songwriter*Chu Kosaka, a singer-songwriter*Grace Kosaka, a film producer, writer, actor...
(Sendai Camp #8) - Koshian Hotel
- Koyagi Shima (Fukuoka #2)
- Kumamoto (First location of Fukuoka #1)
- KureKure, Hiroshimais a city in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 240,820 and a population density of 681 persons per km². The total area is 353.74 km².- History :...
- Kurume
- Kyota - branches at Hakata
- Maibara
- Maisure
- Minato-ku
- MitoMito, Ibarakiis the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and has a central location, moderately offset towards the coast in that prefecture. As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 263,748 and a total area is 217.45 km², giving a population density of 1,212.91 persons per km²...
- Mitsu Branch Camp #5
- Mitsuishi
- Mitsushima (or Matsushima) Camp #2D
- MiyataMiyata, FukuokaMiyata was a town located in Kurate District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 20,984 and a density of 399.77 persons per km². The total area was 52.49 km²....
(Fukuoka #9B) - MizumakiMizumaki, Fukuokais a town located in Onga District, Fukuoka, Japan.-Facilities:Mizumaki has a train station on the Kagoshima Main Line, and another on the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line at Higashi-Mizumaki, both operated by Kyushu Railway Company ....
- Mizonkuchi
- MojiMojiMoji may refer to:* Hyōon moji or onji, phonic characters used in counting beats in Japanese poetry* Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japanese ward or district* ...Moji, musical album...
#4 - MojiMojiMoji may refer to:* Hyōon moji or onji, phonic characters used in counting beats in Japanese poetry* Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japanese ward or district* ...Moji, musical album...
Hospital - Morioka
- MotoyamaMotoyamaMotoyama is a district in Chikusa-ku , a ward in the east of Nagoya City . It is located between Imaike and Hoshigaoka, and is close to both Nagoya University and Higashiyama Park ....
Subcamp #8 - MukaishimaMukaishima, Hiroshimawas a town located in Mitsugi District, Hiroshima, Japan.On March 28, 2005 Mukaishima, along with the town of Mitsugi, also from Mitsugi District, was merged into the city of Onomichi....
Island Subcamp #1 (HiroshimaHiroshimais the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
Sub-Camp #4) - MurakamiMurakami, Niigatais a city located in northern Niigata, Japan.On April 1, 2008, the city merged with the towns of Sanpoku and Arakawa, and the villages of Asahi and Kamihayashi, all from Iwafune District....
- Muroran (Kamiso Machi Camp #73)
- Myoshi
- NakamaNakamaNakama can refer to the following subjects:*In Japanese, Nakama means colleague, compatriot, friend or comrade.*Nakama is a city in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture.*Nakama also refers to a type of Japanese merchant guild of the Edo period....
#21 (Fukuoka #21) (Also spelled Nacama) - Nagasaki
- Nagasaki #14
- Nagasaki #2 (Same as #139)
- Nagasaki #4
- Nagoya Main Camp
- Nagoya Subcamp #10
- Narashino Airport
- NarumiNarumiis a Japanese word for "the roaring of the sea". is also a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.-Possible writings:Narumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:*鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"as a given name...
- NiigataNiigata, Niigatais the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lies on the northwest coast of Honshu, the largest island of Japan, and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island....
(Subcamp #5) - Niihama Branch Camp #2
- Nogeyama Park
- Nooetzu (or Nooetsu) Prison Camp (Niigata Ken)
- Notogawa #9B
- Odate
- Oeyama (or Oyama)
- OfunaOfunaŌfuna can refer to:*Ōfuna Kannon, a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan*Ōfuna Station, a railway station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan...
Camp - OhamaOhamaOhama may refer to:*Ohama Branch Line, a former branch line of the Hankai TramwayPeople*Ohama Kagetaka , a pirate and naval general during the late Sengoku period and early Azuchi-Momoyama period*Natsuko Ohama, a Japanese-Canadian actress...
Subcamp #9 - OhashiOhashiOhashi may refer to:*Sanjō Ōhashi, a bridge in Kyoto, JapanPeople*Kyosen Ōhashi, , TV host and writer*Hideyuki Ohashi, , former boxer*Chiaki Ohashi...
- Old City HallOld City Hall-United States:*District of Columbia City Hall, Washington, D.C., also known as Old City Hall*Old City Hall and Engine House, Annapolis, Maryland*Old City Hall , now the Whatcom Museum of History and Art*Old City Hall...
- Omine Subcamp #6
- ŌmoriOmoriis a district located a few kilometres south of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan accessed by rail via the Keihin Tohoku line, or by road via Dai Ichi Keihin. Ōmorikaigan, the eastern area of Ōmori, can be reached via the Keikyu line....
Main Camp - ŌmutaOmuta, Fukuokais a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 127,126 and the density of 1,558.87 persons per km²...
Camp #17 Fukuoka 17Fukuoka 17Fukuoka #17 Branch Prisoner of War Camp was a Japanese Prisoner-of-war camp located at the Mitsui Kozan Miike Kogyo-Sho coal mine and Mitsui Zinc Foundry in Shinminato-machi, Omuta-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan, during World War II.-History:... - Onada Branch Camp #8
- Onada Branch Camp #9
- OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
#1 Headquarters Camp (Chikko) - OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
Central Market - Otaru
- Oyeama
- Park Central Camp
- Park Central Stadium
- Rangoon
- Roku Roshi
- SakaiSakai, Osakais a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of the town of Mihara, from Minamikawachi District, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in...
Prison - SakurajimaSakurajima, also romanized as Sakurashima or Sakura-jima, is an active composite volcano and a former island of the same name in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan...
- SakurajimaSakurajima, also romanized as Sakurashima or Sakura-jima, is an active composite volcano and a former island of the same name in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan...
Ichioka School - Sapporo Penitentiary
- SaseboSasebo, Nagasakiis a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, the city has an estimated population of 259,800 and the density of 609 persons per km². The total area is 426.47 km². The locality is famed for its scenic beauty. The city includes a part of Saikai National Park...
(Fukuoka #18) - SekiguchiSekiguchiSekiguchi may refer to;*Fusao Sekiguchi Japanese industrialist*Gen Sekiguchi Japanese film director*Hisao Sekiguchi Japanese footballer*Kazuyuki Sekiguchi Japanese musician*Kunimitsu Sekiguchi Japanese footballer*Mai Sekiguchi Japanese actress...
at Koishikawaku - SendaiSendai, Miyagiis the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku Region. In 2005, the city had a population of one million, and was one of Japan's 19 designated cities...
- ShibauraShibaurais a district of Minato ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The district is located between the eastern side of the Yamanote Line train and Tokyo Bay.Shibaura is the home to a number of major Japanese corporations including Toshiba and Oki...
- Shimodate
- Shimomago Hitachi
- Shimonseki
- Shinagawa Main Camp
- Shinagawa POW Hospital
- Shingu
- Shinjuku Camp #1
- ShizuokaShizuoka Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...
- Subcamp #12 (Fukuoka #12)
- Sumidagawa
- Sumiyoshi-ku
- SuzukiSuzukiis a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...
Aio No Moto Factory - Suzurandai
- TakadanobabaTakadanobabaTakadanobaba is a neighborhood in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.-History:Originally, the area's name was read Takatanobaba and many Tokyo residents in their 50s or older pronounce it as such. However, younger Tokyoites and residents who have come from outside Tokyo, use the pronunciation Takadanobaba...
- Tamano Branch Camp #3
- Tanagawa
- Tan TuiTán TuiTán Tuǐ is a famous Northern wushu routine and has several versions due to its incorporation into various styles. For this reason the name can be translated to mean "spring" or "springing leg" or "pond" or "lake leg"....
(or Tan tooey) - Teniya (or Temiya) Park Stadium
- Tobata (Fukuoka #3)
- Tomakomai
- ToyamaToyama, Toyamais the capital city of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, about 200 km north of the city of Nagoya and 300 km northwest of Tokyo....
- Toyoka (or Toyooka)
- Tsumori (Osaka Subcamp #13B)
- Tsuruga Divisional Camp #5B
- TsurumiTsurumiTsurumi is a Japanese surname, placename, and the name of at least one business.Places :*Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama**Tsurumi Station**Tsurumi Line*Tsurumi River, Kanagawa*Tsurumi-ku, Osaka*Tsurumi, ŌitaPeople:*Atsuko Tsurumi , artist...
Subcamp #5 - UbeUbe, Yamaguchiis a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan on the Seto Inland Sea.As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 179,000 and the density of 622 persons per km². The total area is 287.69 km².The city was founded on November 1, 1921....
Subcamp #7 - Umeda Bonshu (Osaka Warehouse)
- UragaUragais a subdivision of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the south eastern side of the Miura Peninsula, at the northern end of the Uraga Channel, at the entrance of Tokyo Bay.-History:...
- Utsonomiya
- Uywake (or Iwake or Yuwake)
- Wakasen
- Wakayama
- Wakinohama (Osaka #18-B)
- YamashitaYamashitaYamashita is a Japanese family name.The name may refer to the following people:*Bruce Yamashita, U.S. military lawyer*Gentaro Yamashita , Japanese admiral*Haruhiro Yamashita , Japanese gymnast*Iris Yamashita, U.S...
Camp #1 - YodogawaYodogawaYodogawa may refer to:* The Yodo River in Japan* Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan...
- Yokkaichi
- YokohamaYokohamais the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
#5 - Yonago
- YuraYuraYura may refer to:Place* Yura, Wakayama, a town in Japan* Yura District, a district in Peru* Yura Station, a railway station in JapanPeople* Yura Hinata, a seiyū* Yura Kim, an alternate name of Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea...
- ZentsujiZentsūjiis the name of famous Buddhist temple and city in Japan. Below is an incomplete list:*Temple - Zentsū-ji. It is an origin of the following city name.*City - Zentsūji, Kagawa...
Headquarters Camp - ZentsujiZentsūjiis the name of famous Buddhist temple and city in Japan. Below is an incomplete list:*Temple - Zentsū-ji. It is an origin of the following city name.*City - Zentsūji, Kagawa...
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See also
- Prisoner-of-war campPrisoner-of-war campA prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of combatants captured by their enemy in time of war, and is similar to an internment camp which is used for civilian populations. A prisoner of war is generally a soldier, sailor, or airman who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or...
- List of POW camps in Australia
- List of POW camps in Britain
- List of POW camps in Canada
- List of POW camps in Italy
- List of POW camps in the United States