Please read the
definition
of Japanese words
and Key Codes for each camp location * - Indicates name of private
company using men as slaves
Abbreviations
used in camp reports and rosters
Last update: 14 Apr 2008: numerous corrections
and additions to existing pages; more data on Bilibid; more data
on Sasebo; Major update to Fukuoka #18 Sasebo- deceased roster;
Major updates to Mizumaki, Sendai camps, and Ofuna; update for
Fukuoka #7- added Dutch roster; Rabaul reports of executions;
Rescue roster (Americans) found and added to Osaka #9B-Notogawa
and Nagoya
#5 Yokkaichi;
New Camp Tokyo
15B Niigata;
Osaka
5D Kawasaki;
Tokyo
16B Niigata (Kanose) Carbide mill; Nagoya
#11 Iwase
(Nihon Soda) camp info & Yank roster added
Additional List- Part 2- Camps outside Japan proper (8 second load)
Civilian
Internment Camps [Japan] - Philippines
- Prisons and Jails
- Military Hospitals -
China - Korea
- Formosa (TAIWAN) - Manchuria (MUKDEN) - Death Railway - New
Guinea - NEI - Southeast Asia - Misc
Islands (Wake, etc)
LIST OF JAPANESE PW CAMPS [Homeland
of Japan]
[CORRECTIONS AND ADDED
NOTATIONS IN RED or in BRACKETS] [Omine is pronounced "Oh-Mee-Neh" with the
accent equal on all 3 syllables]
JAPAN We use the "LAST"
camp number (generally) as standard for each camp
Sado Island: Fact
or Fiction? Read
the Hadley & Ogelthorpe research (Very large PDF files- slow loading) [Japanese
language version]
AKAHIRA
CHO - HAKODATE #2
Ha-4
Akahira 2-B [Akahiro
Cho, Sorachi Gun - Mitsui Mines]
Os-2 Achi
Na-2 ACCHI GUN
Os-7 Akenobe
(Minamitani) OS-21
[Copper mine] same as Osaka #6
Os-31 Amagasaki [Osaka]
To-12 Arakawa Tokyo
10D formerly 20D
Os-31 Amagasaki
Ry-2 Amamie Is. (outside of Japan)
Sen xx- Aomori-also
known as Sendai
#11 Kamakita
Ha-3 Ashibetsu 4-B Hakodate #4
Hi-1 Ashina-Gun Base Camp
To-11 Ashio 8-D (Tokyo 9-B) - includes
partial roster
To-10 Astachi (Hitachi 8-B)
Fu-26 Beppu
Hi-202 Besshi Sumitomo Hospital (Niihama)
Ha-2 Bibai
To-106 Boat Club (Yokohama) Civilian Camp
To-102 Bund Hotel Civilian Camp
To-43 Bunka
Os-101 Butterfield & Swire #3 Kobe [Destroyed in fire bombing] Became Osaka #2, known
as Kobe House
Os-14 Chikko Cp
Os-102 Canadian Academy Kobe [destroyed in fire bombing] Civilians had previously been moved to
Futatabi
Os-103 Detention Prison Kobe
To-44 Dice #23-D
Fuk-24 Emukae-
same as Senryu
To-151 Gumyoji (Kamioka) Prison
Tok xx Hiraoka [Tok-02D] - became Tok-12D-Mitsushima
Os-104 Fukiai-Ku (Futatabi)
Se-101 Fukushima City
Civilian Camp
XXX - Map of Fukuoka Camp Locations [External
link: LARGE FILE - very slow load]
Fu-1 Gen. Information, Fukuoka Cps
Fu-1 Fukuoka
Base Camp External Link- Outstanding site of Wes Injerd
Fu-27 Fukuoka 13-D
Fu-xx Fukuoka
#1-D - became Hiroshima #6
Fu-xx Fukuoka
2-B [Also
known as Koyagi-Kawanami Shipbuilding plant]
Fu-xx Fukuoka 2-D at UBE became Hiroshima 5-D
Fu-4 Fukuoka
3-B -
same as Tobata, Yawata and KOKURA
FU-xx Fukuoka
#4 Moji YMCA External
Link- Massive
detail on HELL SHIPS! Fuk-04 records filed under Fuk-22 at NARA
Na-4 Funatsu
#3-B [also
under Osaka Command near end of war]
Fu-6 Fukuoka
5 - same
as Omine on Kyushu Island
Fu-XX Fukuoka
5B-Ube
[Higashi]
Fu-xx Fukuoka
06B Mizumaki
Fu-xx Fukuoka
06D Tanoura
Fu-07 Fukuoka
#7 Futase Futase
[Same as Futase #10D - Also known as "Shin-Iizuka"]
Fu-08 Fukuoka
#8 Inatsuki
Fu-09 Fukuoka
#9B -Miyata
Fu-09B Fukuoka
4-D-
formerly Ube/Ohama Fukuoka #4D became Hiroshima 9B
FU-xx Fukuoka #10- destroyed- transferred
to Hir-08- roster of deceased
Fu-xx Fukuoka
#11 -same
as Hiroshima-04B-Mukaijima see Forbes' Diary
Fu-11 Fukuoka
#14B
[Nagasaki]
Fu-12 Fukuoku
12 - became
Innoshima (see below)
Fu-2 Fukuoka
#17 & 1-B [Also
known as Fukuoka 17 Omuta]
Fu-xx Fukuoka 18-B Sasebo
Fu-xx Fukuoka
21-B Nakama (Nacama)
Fu-xx Fukuoka
#23-Kiesen
HIRAYAMA*
Fu-xx Fukuoka
#22 Honami
- includes Aussie roster
Fu-24 Futase
#10-D [Same
as Fukuoka-07-Futase above - Also known as "Shin-Iizuka"]
To-xx Futase
16B [same
as Tokyo 16B Niigata
Fu-xx Fukuoka
#24 Sendryu-Emukae
Machi - Aussie
arrives on AWA MARU
Fu-xx Fukuoka
#25- Shinkai
(Omuta-Kohama)
Fu-26 Fukuoka
#26 [Aso] Keisen
Os-104 Futatabi
#4 (Kobe) [civilian camp for Guam men]
NA-11 Fushiki
[Nagoya 10-B]
Hax- xx OVERVIEW of the 5 Hakodate
POW Camps
Ha-1 Hakodate Camps General Information
Master List- All
POWS on Hokkaido [10 second download]
MAP showing
all camps in Hakodate (Hokkaido Island) POW Command [External
link-slow]
Ha-1 Hakodate Base Main Cp
[Bibai Machi,
Sorachi Gun - Mitsui]
Ha-x Hakodate #1B
Ashibetsu Cho (Rosters)
HA-x Hakodate #1D Kamiisso
HA-x Hakodate #2-B-
Originally
at Iwate became Tokyo 6 then Sendai #4
Ha-x-
Hakodate
#2- Also external
link
Ha-xx- Hakodate
#3 -Utashunai HOKKAI*
Haxx- Hakodate #4 -
Ashibetsu Machi [Jisakuno
Mining]
Ha-152 Sapporo
- aka Northern Army Hqs
Se-8 Hanaoka #7-B Odate [became Sendai #7]
Se-7 Hanawa #6-B
[includes
Link to experience of POW]
Os-33 Harima
Hi-XX Hashima- Chinese
& Korean slave coal mine [External Link]
Hi-4 Hibi 3-B (Temano)
To-30 Hitachi
Camp 8-B formerly 12D [misspelled as Hidashi]
To-17 Higashi #15-B
To-20 Hiraoka #11-B [12-B]-formerly 3-B;2-D Should
read #12-B
Mitsushima
Os-13 Hirohata
#1-D
Hi-1 Hiroshima Base Cp Ashina Gun
Hi-xx Hiroshima
#2 -
Niihama [Formerly Hiro 3 ex Yamane]
Hi-4 Hiroshima
#4 [Mukaijima] -(Mukaishima)
Hi-xx Hiroshima
D5 KAMIYAMA*
Hi-xx Hiroshima 2B- Innoshima
Hi-xx Hiroshima
5-D Ube
formerly Fukuoka formerly Fu-2D-Ube;Fu-7B;Fu-2-D
Hi-xx Hiroshima
#6B Omine
Machi; Sanyo (Formerly
Fuku #1-D)
To-9 Hitachi #7-B
To-10 Hitachi
#8-B
formerly 12-D
Os-14 HONJO
[Osaka
Main Camp- often misspelled as HOINCHO; aka Chikko]]
Se-4 Hosakura
#3-B-
Same as Sendai #3 and Tokyo #4
Os-9 Hygo #8-B
Os-201 Ichioka
Hospital Camp [stadium] [Aerial Views]
Os-5 Ikuno
#4-B
Fu-xx Innatsuki
Fuk-08
Hi-6 Innoshima
#5-B
Os-22 Itsigumi Docks
Fu-15 Iizuka 22-B
Hi-3 Isoura Cp (Niihama)
Se-10 Iwasaki
#9-B (Iwate- Tohoku Denki)
Na-xx Iwase
-Nag-11B
(Nihon Soda)
To-105 Izumi Apts. (Totsuka)
To-21 Jooba (Nakaoka)
Fu-15 Koho-Gun (Iizuka) #22-B
Se-6 Kamaishi
5-B Formerly
Tokyo 3-B
To-17 Kambara 15-B (Higashi)
Ha-7 Kamiiso
#1-D
To-103 Kanagawa Civilian Camp
Na-2 Kamioka
#1-B (Now
has Yank roster)
Se-XX Kamaishi -same as Iwate Sendai
4, Tokyo 6 and Hakadate 2
Fu-9 Kamo #8-B
Se-11-
Kamikita
To-151 Kamicka Prison (Gumyoji)
To-101 Kanagawa First Cp. (Race Course)
To-103 Kanagawa
Pref. Cp
[Tokyo 13
Dispatch]
Fu-6 Kanaski Cp 5-B
To-34 Kanose
#16-D [Tokyo] Showa Denko Carbide mill
Fu-16 Katsuragawa #23-B
Se-5 Katsushi #4-B
Os-34 Kawasaki
To-3 Kawasaki
#1-B
To-4 Kawasaki
#2-B
To-23 Kawasaki
#5-D
Os-xx Osaka
Kawasaki 5D
- closed in May 1945
To-23D- Tokyo
23 D (Kawasaki) -Daishihon
To-27 Kawasaki #9-D
To-29 Kawasaki #11-D
To-xx Kawasaki
23D
To-42 Kawasaki #24-D
Fu-xx Kiesen Fuk-23B- aka HIRAYAMA*
Os-151 Kikusui Police Station
Fu-17 Kitmatsuura #24-B
Os-204 Kobe Prison
Os-3 Kobe
#2-B {Known as KOBE HOUSE- Formerly Seaman's Mission- held
Guam civilians originally}
Os-153 Kobe Water Pol. Jail
Os-203 Kobe Hospital
Os-204 Kobe
Military Hospital
Os-14 (Osaka)
Warehouse #2-D
(Umeda Bunsho)
Os-22 Kobe Warehouse (Itsigumi Docks)
[After Kobe
House destroyed]
Hi-11 Konode #7-D (Cons. w/Hi-8)
Se-9 Kosaka #8-B
Fu-201 Kokura Army
Hospital AKA
Moji-04-Hospital
Fu-4 Kokuro
[Also known
as TOBATA and Fukuoka 3-B]
To-158 Kotobuki Police Station, Yokohama
Hi-151 Kure Naval Prison
Se-4 Kurihara 3-B
Se-1 Kurezawajira Base Hqs
Os-11 Maibara #10-B
Os-105 Marks
Residence Civilian Camp-includes photos [destroyed in fire bombing]
Os-23 Maru (Naruo)
To-20 Matsushima
#2-D [misspelling
of Mitsushima- see below]
Na-5 Minami #4-B
Os-7 Minamitani [Akenobe]
To-4 Mitsui 2-B
Os-2 Minato-Ku Osaka #1-B [Stadium - later Ichioka Hospital]
To-20 Mitsushima #2-D became 12B [Often Misspelled as Matsushima]
Hi-101 Myoshi Civilian Camp
Se-102 Miyagi Pref. Cp
Fu-25 Miyata
#12-D- renamed Miyata #9
Fu-15 Miyazaki Kempai Tai Hqs
Fu-23 Mizumachi
(Mizumaki)
Fu-5 Moji
#4-B YMCA EXTERNAL
LINK
Fu-202 Moji Hospital
To-xx Motoyama
#8-B [Hitachi]- ex Tokyo 12D
Hi-XX Motoyama
8 formerly
Fuku 3-D and 8- became Hiroshima 6
Hi-xx- Motoyama
12-D, AKA Hitachi
Hi-5 Mukajima [Fukuoka #11-B] - see Forbes
Diary (possibly known as Innoshima)
Hi-xx [Mukaijima]
Hiroshima Sub-camp #4-B [Mukaishima]
Se-3 Mura 2-B(Yoshima)
Ha-9 Muroran
Hi-101 Myoshi Civ Int Camp
To-21 Nagaoka #3-B
To-5 Nagaoka #3-B
Na-1 Nagoya Base Camp (Aichi) [possibly same as Nagoya-2, ACCHI GUN] Aspfu Mura
Na-02B Nagoya
2-B Narumi -
formerly Osaka 11B
Na-xx Nagoya #4 KISHIMA*
NA-xx Nagoya
#5 also
known as Yokkoishi
Na-xx Nagoya
6-B- formerly
Tokyo #21-D [NOMACHI - Takaoka] also known as Nag #6 FUSHIKI*;
HOKKAI*
Na -xx Nagoya
8B TATEYAMA
Na-10 Nagoya
#9-B IWASE*
Na-xx Nagoya #7B-Toyama
Na-11 Nagoya
#10-B FUSHIKI*
Na-xx Nagoya
#11B
Iwase (Nihon Soda)
Fu-3 Nagasaki
#2-B [Fukuoka
#2]
Fu-11 Nagasaki #14-B
Fu-101 Nagasaki Civilian Camp
Fu-14 Nakama
#21-B
To-6 Naoetsu
#4-B (Navwitz)
Na-3 Narumi #2-B [Same as Osaka 11-B Narumi]
Os-23 Naruo (Maru)
To-x Niigata #4B
[picture
only - Possibly mis-identified. Could be 14B]
To-7 Niigata
#5-B
To-16 Niigata #14-B
To-33 Niigata
#15-D
Hi-3 Niihama
(Yamane)
Os-1 Nitta Base Cp [Chikko/
Hoincho Camp-destroyed in air raids]
Ha-152 N.
Army Hqs. Sapporo
Os-xx Noda
- Osaka #8
Na-6 Nomachi
[No Machi]
formerly Tok-21D
Os-10 Notogawa
#9-B
Os-15 Oeyama #3-D Formerly
Osaka 12-B
To-45 Ofuna (Tokyo first Base Camp
-Naval Interrogation Center)
Se-8 Odate (Hanaoka) [possibly
also known as 7-B]
Hi-10 Ohama
#9-B
Ha-8 Ohasi #2-D
Se-5 Ohasi #4-B (See
N-78) [Sen-04B-Ohashi]
To-25 Omi #7-D
FU-XX Omine
#5
-Fukuoka #5- Kyushu
Island
Hi-7 Omine
#6-B -
External
Link
To-1 Omori, Base Camp [often
misspelled as Aomori]
Fu-12 Omuta #17-B-
[Fukuoka
#17 - EXTERNAL
LINK]
Fu-18 Omuta #25-B
Ono
#7-B #11-D
Fu-7 Oryo #6-B
Osaka [Japanese] Hqs [2 blocks away from Hoincho Camp]
Os-2 Osaka #1-B
(Minato) [Stadium]
Os-14 Osaka #2-D (Warehouse)
Os-29 Osaka #122
Os-4 Osaka Branch #4
Ikuno - Osaka 19B became Osaka 4B
Os-xx Osaka
#4 Asako Gun
Os-6 Osaka #5-B (Tsuruga)
Os-XX Osaka #5D Kawasaki
- closed May 1945
Os-XX Osaka
#6B Akenobe
Os - xx Osaka #7 SHINGOSHI*
Os- xx Osaka #8 NODA
Os-xx Osaka #9 NAKAMIKO*
Os-xx Osaka #9B-Notogawa
Os-16 Osaka #10-D
Os-11 Osaka 11-B-Narumi
became Nagoya 2-B
Os-20 Osaka #17-D Yokkaichi -deceased
Os-152 Osaka Jail
Os-202 Osaka Military Hospital
Os-101 Osaka Stadium
(Hospital)-[same
as Os-2]
To-28 Osaka (Zosen) Cp
Se-7 Osarusawa #6-B
Ha-11 Otaru. (Temiya Stadium)
Os-15 Oeyama #3-D
Fu-201 Rokura Hosp.
Os-24 Rokuroshi (Check
w/M-9) [Also
known a Camp Mallette]
To-202 Sagmahara Hospital
Os-25 Sakurajima
Osaka-08 became Osaka-04D
Os-154 Sakai Penitentiary
Os-12 Sakatani #11-B
Hi-xx Sanyo Hiroshima #3
Ha-151 Sapporo,
Hokkaido, (MP Prison)
Ha-152 Sapporo,
Hokkaido, (Northern Army Hqs)
Fu-13 Sasebo
#18-B
Fu-101 Sawaityo Apts (Nagasaki)
Fu-101 Sawaityo Apts (Nagasaki)
Os-106 Seaman's Mission Civilian Camp [Became Kobe House- Osaka
2B]
Se-1 Sendai Base Camp
Se-xx Sendai
#1 Joban
Coal Iwaki- Formerly Tokyo #4
Se-2 Sendai
Camp #2 Furukawa*
Se-xx Sendai
Camp #3-Hosokura mine
Se-xx Sendai Camp
#4 - Ohashi
Se-5 - Kamaichi
-Formerly Tokyo 3-B
Se-6 Sendai
Camp #6 HANAWA
Se-7B Sendai Camp
#7 HANUOKA Fujita*
xxx-Sendai #8 Kosaka
8B Fujita*
Se-9 Sendai
#9 -
formerly Tokyo #22 [location only]
Se-10 Sendai
#10 - Iwate (Tohuku Denki)
Se-12 Sendai
#11-B - Kamikita
Fu-24 Senryu
[Fukuoka 24 Emukae machi] also spelled Sendryu and Sendyu in
various reports
To-203 Senegal
To-13 Shimoina
To-203 Shinagawa
[Do not confuse with Hanawa camp, aka, Shinagawa]
Hi-201 Shimonoseki Quarantine Station
To-203 Shinagawa
Hospital. (See J-1) [See Ford
Letter]
To-xx Shinagawa
- part of the Omori Camp - Roster
Ha-6 Sorachi-Gun #4-B See Hokodate #4
Tok-XX Stadium
Camp- Tokyo
3B
Te-38 Sumidagawa #20-D
To-8 Suwa-Gun #6-B
To-104 Sumira Civ. Cp
To-154 Sugamo Prison Civilian Camp
Hi-202 Sumizomo Hospital (Niihama)
To-44 Suzaki Cp
Os-101 Swire and Butterfield Civilian Camp["Kobe House"-
Osaka #2] [Destroyed
in fire bombing] one
of 3 initial camps for Guam civilians.
Os-103 Ta Chibang Cho, Civ. Cp
Fu-20 Tagawa #27-B
Se-2 Taira (Yumoto) 1-B
Os-30 Taisho PW Cp
Os-8 Takebu #7-B
[TAKEFU]
Na-xx Tateyama
8b (Nagoya)
Na-7 Takaoka
#6-B [Nomachi]
Na-11 Takaoka #10-B
Os-26 Tanagawa
Hi-4 Tamano (Hibi) #3-B
Os-103 Ta-Shibana-Cho Camp
Ha-11 Temiya Stadium, Otaru
Na-101 Tempa Ku Civ. Int Cp. (Nagoya)
Ry-1 Tacuno Shima
Fu-3b Tobata [Same
as Fukuoka 3-B
To-xx Tokyo #3D (same as Sendai
#3B
Tok-02B became Tok-01D
-Yokohama [Mitsubishi
Shipyards]
To-1 Tokyo Base Camp (Omori)
To-201 Tokyo #1 Military Hosp
Tok-XX Tokyo
3B- Stadium Camp
To-152 Tokyo Kempei-Tei (Mil. Pol)
To-157 Tokyo Military Prison
To-153 Tokyo Police Station
To-154 Tokyo Prison (Sugamo)
To-155 Tokyo 3 Cell Jail
To-xx Tokyo #3 - became Sendai
#5
To-xx Tokyo #4D
- became Sendai
#1
Tok-4B - Naoetsu
Tok-5B - Niigata
Toxx Tokyo 6D - became Tok-4D then Sendai #1
To-xx Tokyo
#8 - Control changes to Sendai #6 Hanawa
To-xx Tokyo
8-B Hitachi
formerly 12-D
To-xx Tokyo 9 - Ashio
T0-10D- Tsurumi
To-12D Tokyo
12D Mitsushima formerly
#2-D [Often Misspelled as Matsushima]
To-xxx Tokyo
#13B
(deceased roster only)
To-xxx TO-13D-
Asano Docks (closed
May 1945)
To-xxx Tokyo
15D Niigata
To-xx Tokyo
16-B (Kanose)
To-xx Tokyo
21 [Nomachi]-
renamed as Nogoya 6-B
To-xx Tokyo
#22 -
control to Sendai #9
To-xx- Tokyo
10-D Arakawa became Tokyo-20-D Arakawa
To-44- Tokyo
23 D (Kawasaki) -Daishihon "Dice"
To-42 Tokyo #24-D
To-105 Totsuka Civ. Cp
Na-8 Toyama #7-B
Roster and location-
Na-9 Toyama #8-B
Na-10 Toyama #9-B Furukawa* Ashio?
Na-12 Toyama #11-B
Os-19 Tsumori 13-D
Os-21 Tsumori #18-D
OS-6A Tsuruga Branch
Camp Osaka #5
Os-6 Tsuruga Prison
#5-B
Os-19 Tsumori #14-D
brief history of camp- men sent to Ikuno and to Tokyo
To-32 Tsurumi
#14-D (10-D)
Hi-8 Ube
#7-B Renamed 5-B
Se-4 Uguisuzawa
#3-B- Same
as Sendai #3
Os-14 Umeda Bunsho #2-D
Osaka Warehouse [Destroyed
in fire bombing]
To-153 Ueno Park Police
Ha-5 Utashinai #3-B [Utashunai]
[same as
Hakodate #3]
Os-27 Wakinohama-Ku,
Kobe
Se-11 Wakasennin #10-B
Os-32 Wakayama Osaka 14-B-
brief history- closed-men sent to Ikuno
XX- Wake Island- Civilan Men
executed in 1943
Ha-10 Yakuma
FuXX- Yahata [See Fukuoka
#3]
To-101 Yamakita Civ. Cp
Hi-3 Yamani
(Niihama)
Fu-4 Yawata
#3-B See Tobata/
Fukuoka #3
Os-28 Yodogawa
Os-20 Yokkaichi
#5-B [formerly
Osaka 17-B: became Nagoya #5]
To-5 Yokohama Baseball
Stadium
To-18 Yokohama #16-B
To-19 Yokohama
#1-D [Mitsubishi
Shipyards- Originally called Tok-02 sub Branch YOKOHAMA]
To-23D Kawasaki
Dispatch Camp
To-28 Yokohama Dock Area [possibly refers to Yokoham #1-D?]
To-28 Yokohama #10-D
To-31 Yokohama #13-D
To-35 Yokohama #17-D
To-36 Yokohama
#18-D (Brickyard) [Taika Renga]
To-37 Yokohama #19-D
To-41 Yokohama #23-D
To-46 Yokosuki Airport
To-106 Yokohama Boat Club Civ. Cp
To-151 Yokohama Propaganda Prison
To-156 Yokohama Kempei-Tai
To-159 Yokohama Central Prison
To-204 Yokosuka Naval Hospital
Se-3 Yoshima #2-B
Se-2 Yumoto
#1-B
Os-4 Yoshiza #3-B
Hi-1 Zentsuji Hqs. Camp
Hi-2 Zentsuji #1-B [same as above before transfer to the Osaka POW
Area command]
Hi-XX Zentsuji 3- same as Hiro 3
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