Japanese cemeteries and cenotaphs


Many Japanese cemeteries and cenotaphs are located outside of Japan for Japanese people who have died in war or other historical events. This article lists tombs and burial places.

History

The oldest known Japantown featuring a Japanese cemetery is in Ayutthaya, Thailand, which was established between the 14th and 18th centuries. The oldest known Japanese national recorded by name and buried outside Japan is the early explorer Yamada Nagamasa.
Wars, particularly World War II, have accounted for a majority of the Japanese burial sites located outside of Japan. There is a cemetery for the Imperial Japanese Navy in Malta, multiple cites for Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia, and many Pacific War sites, which include Japanese cemeteries, cenotaphs, and remains in the Nanpō Islands, the Philippines, New Guinea, and other Pacific Islands. There have been multiple efforts by veteran organizations and the Japanese government to return remains to living relatives.
Monuments to victims of the United States' internment of citizens of Japanese ancestry are prevalent in the western US.

Location and names of cemeteries, cenotaphs, and tombs

Asia

Bhutan

To resolve the lack of labor, the Mongolian government requested to transfer Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union in October and December 1945, and approximately 12,318 Japanese prisoners were forced to work, from which more than 1,600 have died. There are 16 Japanese cemeteries including those listed below.
Cemetery and burial place of Japanese who lived in the South Korea area before and after World War II. There are 71 cemeteries and burial places in North Korea.
One of the bloodiest battlefields of the Pacific War; there are many cenotaphs.
There are thirteen Japanese cemeteries in Uzbekistan.

Africa

Madagascar

Australia

[Marshall Islands]

Canada

Bolivia

Malta