This is an incomplete list of Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration 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.
Back of map of Imperial Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camps with a list of the camps categorized geographically and an additional detailed map of camps located on the
Japanese archipelago.
Published by the Medical Research Committee of American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc., 1980.
- Changi Prison, Singapore
- Selarang Barracks, Singapore
- River Valley Camp, Singapore
- Blakang Mati, Sentosa, Singapore
- Outram Road Prison, Singapore
- Sime Road, Singapore
- No 2 and no 5 detached camp, Port Dickson, Malaya[1]
- No 1 detached camp, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya - possibly Pudu Prison
- Unit 9420
Japanese Internment Camps in Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia):[3]
- Aek Pamienke [nl] (3 camps), Rantau Prapat, North Sumatra
- Ambon (Ambon Island)
- Ambarawa (2 camps), Central Java
- Balikpapan POW camp, Balikpapan (Dutch Borneo)
- Bangkong, Semarang, Central Java
- Banjoebiroe (Semarang) [nl], Central Java
- Bicycle Camp, Batavia, West Java
- Brastagi (internment camp) [nl] Berastagi, North Sumatra
- Fort van den Bosch, Ngawi, East Java
- Glodok Gaol, Glodok, a suburb of Batavia, West Java
- Gloegoer [id] (Glugur), Medan, North Sumatra
- Grogol, Batavia, West Java[4]
- Kampili camp [nl], near Makassar, South Celebes (today Sulawesi)
- Kampoeng Makasar, Meester Cornelis, West Java
- Camp Kareës, Bandung, West Java[5][6]
- Koan School, Batavia (today Jakarta), West Java
- Lampersari, Semarang, Central Java
- Makasoera, Celebes
- Moentilan, Magelang, Central Java
- Poeloe Brayan [nl; id] (5 camps) (Pulo Brayan), Medan, North Sumatra
- Pontianak POW camp, Pontianak (Dutch Borneo) (today Kalimantan)
- Si Rengo Rengo (Siringo-ringo), Labuhanbatu, North Sumatra
- Tandjong Priok POW camp, Tandjong Priok, Batavia, West Java
- Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra
- Tjideng, Batavia, West Java
- Tjibaroesa, Buitenzorg (now part of Bekasi), West Java
- Klapanoenggal, Buitenzorg, West Java
- Tjimahi (6 camps), West Java
- Usapa Besar, Timor
- Rabaul
- Oransbari - Civilian internment camp. Alamo Scouts liberated a family of 14 Dutch-Indos, a family of 12 French, and 40 Javanese on 5 Oct 1944.[22] Zedric, Lance Q. Silent Warriors: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines (Pathfinder 1995).
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"Grogol". Japanse Burgerkampen (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
"Camp Kareës". Mijnverhaal-over-nedindie. 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
"Civilian camps". Indische Kamp Archieven. East Indies Camp Archives. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
"Birma Spoorweg". Japanse Krijgsgevangenkampen (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Apalon". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Section 2b". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Khonkhan". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Mezali". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Rephaw". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Songkurai". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Taungzun". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Tha Kannun". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Takanun". Japanse Krijgsgevangenkampen (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Thanbaya". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Tanbaya". Japanse Krijgsgevangenkampen (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Section 4a". Far East POW Family. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
Zedric, Lance Q. Silent No More: The Alamo Scouts in Their Own Words (War Room Press 2013).
A comprehensive English-language site in Japan with exact opening/closure resp. renaming/reclassification dates of the various camps based on Japanese official sources which should be imported into the current listing: