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Bill with autographs of WW2 Japanese war criminals

Photo taken in DeKalb, Illinois, in November 2024 shows a 100-yen bill with autographs believed to be those of Japanese war criminals, including Class-A war criminals executed for war crimes after World War II, such as Japan's former Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948). The bill belonged to the late Donald Faivre, an Illinois farmer who served as a guard at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison, where such war criminals were held during the Allied occupation.

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Diplomatic documents declassified

TOKYO, Japan - A 1953 file photo shows a gate at then Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. Japanese diplomatic documents declassified on March 7, 2013, show that after regaining its sovereignty under the 1952 San Francisco Peace Treaty, Japan strongly urged the United States to approve the early release of or reduced sentences for Class-A and other war criminals held at the prison.

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A-bomb survivor met Class-A war criminals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Sasamori, an atomic-bomb survivor, holds a paper board bearing signatures of 10 Japanese Class-A war criminals at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 13, 2010. Sasamori said she talked about the war with the war criminals during a special meeting at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison in 1952.

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Ex-Japanese prisoner meets ex-U.S. jailer in happy reunion

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Buck Langdon (L), a former U.S. soldier who served as a guard at the Sugamo prison in Tokyo, and Tokio Tobita, a former Japanese sergeant who spent 10 years in prison on war crimes, embrace in an emotional reunion in Philadelphia on Aug. 1. Langdon, 73, and Tobita, 84, were in Philadelphia for a special exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance gallery on artwork produced by Japanese prisoners who spent time at Sugamo prison.

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(1)Nobusuke Kishi

TOKYO, Japan - Nobusuke Kishi (L) takes a smoke at the official residence of his brother Eisaku Sato, the chief cabinet secretary, after he was released from Sugamo Prison. The photo was taken in December 1948. (Kyodo)

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Final words, belongings of Class A war criminals shown at temple

Chief priest Shocho Hanayama of Sorinji, a Buddhist temple in Kanazawa, central Japan, explains on Sept. 12, 2015, about farewell notes and other belongings of executed Class A war criminals made available for public viewing on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The items have been in the temple's possession since they were given by the criminals' kin and other persons involved to Hanayama's grandfather Shinsho, who served as a chaplain at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo and was the only Japanese present to witness the seven Class A criminals being hanged on Dec. 23, 1948. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Final words, belongings of Class A war criminals shown at temple

Photo taken at Sorinji, a Buddhist temple in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Sept. 12, 2015, shows a copy of signatures written in ink by seven Japanese Class A war criminals, including that of wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo (3rd from R), just before they were hanged on Dec. 23, 1948. It is one of items shown on public display at the temple. They were given by the criminals' kin and other persons involved to chief priest Shocho Hanayama's grandfather Shinsho, who served as a chaplain at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo and was the only Japanese present to witness the Class A criminals being hanged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivor met Class-A war criminals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Sasamori, an atomic-bomb survivor, holds a paper board bearing signatures of 10 Japanese Class-A war criminals at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 13, 2010. Sasamori said she talked about the war with the war criminals during a special meeting at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison in 1952. (Kyodo)

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Sugamo Prison

Photo taken in 1945 shows the old Sugamo Prison controlled by the General Headquarters of the Allied forces in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. (File photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sugamo Prison door revealed

An official holds a No. 13 door of the old Sugamo Prison, said to have led to its execution room, at a Justice Ministry facility in Akishima, Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2018. At the prison controlled by the General Headquarters of the Allied forces in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, seven Class-A World War II criminals, including former Japanese Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo were executed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sugamo Prison door revealed

An official holds a No. 13 door of the old Sugamo Prison, said to have led to its execution room, at a Justice Ministry facility in Akishima, Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2018. At the prison controlled by the General Headquarters of the Allied forces in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, seven Class-A World War II criminals, including former Japanese Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo were executed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sugamo Prison door revealed

An official holds a No. 13 door of the old Sugamo Prison, said to have led to its execution room, at a Justice Ministry facility in Akishima, Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2018. At the prison controlled by the General Headquarters of the Allied forces in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, seven Class-A World War II criminals, including former Japanese Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo were executed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese prisoner meets ex-U.S. jailer in happy reunion

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Buck Langdon (L), a former U.S. soldier who served as a guard at the Sugamo prison in Tokyo, and Tokio Tobita, a former Japanese sergeant who spent 10 years in prison on war crimes, embrace in an emotional reunion in Philadelphia on Aug. 1. Langdon, 73, and Tobita, 84, were in Philadelphia for a special exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance gallery on artwork produced by Japanese prisoners who spent time at Sugamo prison. (Kyodo)