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[Source:
NARA- Record Group 331, Box 1321, Misc. File-Manila]
This List is
of POW camps ONLY in Japan
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ALL of Asia
Update: This page is not maintained for corrections
No date specified but this list appears assembled with other
documents regarding War Crime Trials and with lists of all POW
camp staffs dated
15 August 1945. Most likely
updated well after the surrender. Many camps were missing from
this list but MacArthur had extended list from the OSS. In addition,
many movements of POWS in last months of the war were not documented
carefully and, by order of the Japanese War Ministry, many records
were deliberately burned to avoid prosecution for war crimes
against the POWS. Most likely, this was assembled from combining
both sources. HOME
[For
ease of understanding, the following definitions have been added
by Roger Mansell]
Japanese Definitions:
Cho - town or district
Fu - city
Gun - District or sub-prefecture |
Ken - prefecture
Ku - district; zone (division of a city)
Machi - town |
Mura - village
Shi - city
Ura - Seacoast or Cove. |
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In 1941, there were three "Fu" and 43 "Ken".
The three "Fu" were Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto therefore
technically better to say Fu/Ken. Cho/Machi may be combined to
mean"town." |
[ (*) - designates a private company used
POWs as slaves at this camp]
Notations added by Roger Mansell
are in [brackets].
[Following
is transcribed from copies at NARA]
PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS
LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY PLACE NAMES
Note: One or more
place name camps may be synonymous with one or more Japanese
numbered Prisoner of War Camps. The * indicates that the name
was derived from a private industry.
[Name]
- [Area]
ACHI - OSAKA #
2
ACCHI GUN - NAGOYA #2
AKAHIRA CHO - HAKODATE #2
AKENOBE - OSAKA
AKITA KEN - SENDAI #6, #7, #8
AMAGASAKI - OSAKA
AMORI KEN - SENDAI #11
AOMI CHO - TOKYO #12
ARAKAWA KU - TOKYO #10
ASAKO GUN - OSAKA #4
ASHIBETSU CHO - HAKODATE #1, #4
ASHINA GUN - HIROSHIMA BASE
ASHIO CHO - TOKYO #9
ASO* - FUKKUOKA #26 [FUKUOKA #26]
ASOFU MURA - NAGOYA #1
BIHAI CHO - HAKODATE BASE
CHIKKO - OSAKA
EHIME KEN - HIROSHIMA #2
EMUKAE MACHI - FUKUOKA #24
FUJITA* - SENDAI #7, #8
FUKIAI KU - OSAKA #2
FUKUI KEN - OSAKA #5, #7, #11
FUKUOKA SHI KEN - FUKUOKA BASE, #1,
#2, #3, #4, #D8, #D9, D11, D12, #17, #21, #22, #23, #25,
#26, #27
FUKUSHIMA KEN - SENDAI #1, #2
FUNATSU - NAGOYA #3, OSAKA
FURUKAWA* - SENDAI #2, TOKYO #9
FUSHIKI* - NAGOYA #6, #10
FUTATABI - Hyogo Ken (Civilians only) [Not on list given to MacArthur]
FUTASE MACHI - FUKUOKA D10
GIFU KEN - NAGOYA #1, #3
HANAOKA CHO - SENDAI #7
HANAWA - SENDAI #6 [this camp was handwritten in with
pen]
HARIMA - OSAKA
HEIJO - KOREA [Should
be Kiejo]
HIDACHI SHI - TOKYO #7, #8
HIGASHI - TOKYO #15
HIRAOKA MURA - TOKYO #11 [Possibly same at Mitsushima]
HIRAYAMA* - FUKUOKA #23
HIROHATA MACHI - OSAKA D11, (BR 12) [Himeji]
HIROSHIMA - HIROSHIMA BASE, D1, D2;
HOKKAI* - HAKODATE #3, NAGOYA #6
HOKUETSU - TOKYO #3
HONAMI MURA - FUKUOKA #22;
HYOGO KEN - OSAKA #4, #6, D1;
HYOZU MURA - OSAKA #8
IBARAGI KEN - TOKYO #7, #8;
ICHIOKA - OSAKA [Osaka Stadium]
IKUNO MACHI - OSAKA #4
IRIARA - TOKYO BASE
IRUKA MURA - NAGOYA #4, OSAKA
ISHIHARA* - NAGOYA #4
ITSUTSUKI MACHI - FUKUOKA D12
IWASAKI MURA - SENDAI #9, #10
IWASE* - NAGOYA #9
IWATE KEN - SENDAI #4, #5, #9, #10
JISIKUNO* - HOKODATE #4[Jisakuno]
KAGAWA KEN - HIROSHIMA #1
KAHO GUN - FUKUOKA #22, #23, #26
KAIJIMA - FUKUOKA D12
KAMAISHI - SENDAI #4, #5
KAMBARA GUN - TOKYO #14, #15
KAMIHEII GUN - SENDAI #4, #5
KAMIKITA GUN - SENDAI #11
KAMIOKA* - NAGOYA #1, #3, OSAKA [1-B often mistaken for Omuta,
Osaka command designated in error.]
KAMITSUGA GUN - TOKYO #9
KAMIYAMA* - HIROSHIMA D5
KANAGAWA KEN KU - TOKYO BASE DET, #1, #16
KANOSE - TOKYO #16
KANSAKI GUN - OSAKA #9
KATSUNO GUN - SENDAI #6, #8
KATSURAGAWA CHO - FUKUO #23 [Fukuoka]
KATSUSHI MURA - SENDAI #4
KAWAMINAMI* - FUKUOKA #2
KAWASAKI
SHI (CHO) - TOKYO
#1, Kawasaki #2; (FUKUOKA D8, CHO) OSAKA
KAZUKURA* - SENDAI #3
KEISEN MACHI - FUKUOKA #23, #26
HEIJO
- KOREA [Should
be Kiejo]
KISHIMA* - NAGOYA #4
KITAMATSUURA GUN - FUKUOKA #24
KITAKAMA MURA - TOKYO #6
KOBE SHI - OSAKA #2
KOGAWA* - FUKUOKA D8
KONDA SHI - HIROSHIMA D6, D7
KOSAKA CHO - SENDAI #8
KOYAGI MURA - FUKUOKA #2
KUKURO - FUKUOKA #3 [Also
known as Tobata & Yawata]
KURIHARA GUN - SENDAI #3
KUROZAWAJIRA - SENDAI #1
KYOTO FU - OSAKA #3
MAIBARA MACHI - OSAKA #10
MEIJI* - FUKUOKA #23
MIE KEN - NAGOYA #4, #5
MINAMIMURO GUN - NAGOYA #4
MINAMITANI MURA - OSAKA #6
MINATO KU - OSAKA #1
MISHIMA GUN - OSAKA BASE
MITSUBISHI - SENDAI #3, #6, FUKUOKA #14, OSAKA #4
MITSUGI GUN - HIROSHIMA D1
MITSUI* - HOKODATE BASE, #1, #2; NAGOYA #1; OSAKA #6, HIROSHIMA
#3; FUKUOKA D11, #17, #27
MITSUKI GUN - HIROSHIMA D2
MITSUNOSHO CHO - HIROSHIMA D2
MITSUSHIMA #2-D
[Often Misspelled as Matsushima]
MIYAGI KEN - SENDAI #3
MIYATA MACHI - FUKUOKA D12
MIZUMAKI CHO - FUKUOKA D9
MOJI SHI - FUKUOKA #4
MOROGASE MURA - TOKYO #16
MOTOYAMA* - HIROSHIMA D6
MUKAIJIMANISHI MURA - HIROSHIMA D1
NAGANA KEN - TOKYO #6, #11
NAGAOKA SHI - TOKYO #3, D3
NAGASAKI KEN - FUKUOKA #2, #14, #24
NAGOYA SHI - NAGOYA BASE
NAKAMIKO* - OSAKA #9
NAKAZURA* - FUKUOKA #21
NAKOMA CHO - FUKUOKA #21
NANJO GUN - OSAKA #7
NAOETSU MACHI - TOKYO #4
NARA MURA - FUKUOKA #27
NARUMI MACHI - NAGOYA #2; OSAKA
NARUO - OSAKA
NIIGATA KEN [Prefecture] - TOKYO #3, D3, #4, #5, #12, #13, #14,
#15, #16
NIIHAMA SHI - HIROSHIMA #2
NISHIKUBIKI GUN - TOKYO #13
NISHISONOKI GUN - FUKUOKA #2
NITTA MURA - OSAKA BASE
NODA - OSAKA
NODANUMA* - OSAKA #8
NOTOGAWA CHO - OSAKA #9
OEYAMA - OSAKA #3
OFUNA MACHI - TOKYO BASE DET.
OGI MACHI - TOKYO #2
OKAYAMA KEN - HIROSHIMA #3
OMINE CHO - HIROSHIMA DET. 4
OMORI KU - TOKYO BASE
OMUTA SHI - FUKUOKA #17, #25 [#17- Mitsui Mine- US Senate hearing,
106-481- testimony of Frank Bigelow, S2C Corregidor]
ONAHAMA - SENDAI #1
ONGA GUN - FUKUOKA D10, #21
ONO GUN - OSAKA #11
OSAKI SHI KEN - OSAKA BASE, #1;
OSARUSAWA CHO - SENDAI #6
RUKUROSHI - OSAKA
SAKANA SHI - SENDAI #9
SAKANICHI* - SENDAI #9
SAKATA GUN - OSAKA #10
SAKATANI MURA - OSAKA #11
SAKURAJIMA - OSAKA
SANYO* - HIROSHIMA D4
SHIBAURA* - TOKYO #13
SHIGA KEN - OSAKA #8, #9, #10
SHIKAMA GUN - OSAKA D1 (BR 12)
SHIMOHAMA* - HIROSHIMA D7
SHIMOINA GUN - TOKYO #11
SHINAGAWA HOSP. SEPARATE - TOKYO CP.
SHINGOSHI* - OSAKA #7
SHIRAKAWA - FORMOSA #4
SORACHI* - HAKODATE #3
SUMIDAGAWA* - TOKYO #10
SUMITOMO* - HIROSHIMA D2, #2; FUKUOKA #22, #24
SUWA GUN - TOKYO #6
TADAKUMA* - FUKUOKA #22
TAGAWA GUN - FUKUOKA #27
TAISHO* - FUKUOKA #21; OSAKA
TAKAMATSU* - HIROSHIMA D1, #1
TAKAOKA SHI - NAGOYA #5, #10
TAKEBU MACHI - OSAKA #7
TAMANO SHI - HIROSHIMA #3
TANAGAWA - OSAKA [Simitomo Metal-Mining]
TATEYAMA* - NAGOYA #8
TENNABAYASHI MURA - SENDAI #11
TOBATA _ Same
as Fukuoka #3
TOCHIGI - TOKYO #9
TOHOKU* - SENDAI #10
TOKIWA* - SENDAI #1
TOKYO TO - TOKYO #10 [handwritten]
TOYAMA KEN SHI
- NAGOYA #5, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11
TSUMORI - OSAKA
TSURUGA SHI - OSAKA #5
TSURUMI KU - TOKYO #13
UBE* - HIROSHIMA D4, D5
UGUISUZAWA - SENDAI #3
UMEDA - OSAKA
UTASHINAI MACHI - HAKODATE #3
WAGA GUN - SENDAI #9, #10
WAGASEN * - SENDAI #10
WAKAYAMA - OSAKA
WAKINOHAMA - OSAKA
WATABE- [Camp
for men moved from Mudkin to Omori to Watabe per Wake contractor,
Al O'Guinn.]
YABU GUN - OSAKA #6
YAEUCHIKO* - OSAKA #10
YAMAGATA KEN - SENDAI #9, #10
YAMAGUCHI - HIROSHIMA D3, D5, D6, D7
YAMANO* - FUKUOKA D11
YASU GUN - OSAKA #8
YAWATA* - FUKUOKA #3
YODOGAWA - OSAKA
YOKKAICHI SHI - NAGOYA #5, OSAKA
YOKOHAMA BASEBALL STADIUM - TOKYO #3
YOKOHAMA SHI - TOKYO #13, #16
YOSA GUN - OSAKA #3
YOSHIKI GUN - NAGOYA #1, #3
YOSHIKUMA* - FUKUOKA #26
YOSHIMA MURA - SENDAI #2
YOSHIZA MURA - OSAKA #3
YUMOTO CHO - SENDAI #1
ZENTSUJI MACHI - HIROSHIMA #1
ZOSHU* - TOKYO #3
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