Repatriated Japanese soldiers returning from Siberia wait to disembark. Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, 1946 / Wikimedia Commons
Destroyed Japanese plane at the Battle of Khalkhin Gol. 1939 / Wikimedia Commons
Japanese plane Nakajima Ki-27. Nomonhan, 1939 / Wikimedia Commons
Soviet officer talking to Japanese POWs. Manchuria. August of 1945 / wwii.space
Rice distribution to Japanese POWs. August of 1945 / wwii.space
Captured Japanese soldiers. Khalkhyn Gol. 1939 / wwii.space
Captured Japanese soldiers. Khalkhyn Gol. 1939 / wwii.space
Remains of Japanese barracks in the mountains of Almaty. Ayusay Gorge, along the so-called «Japanese Road» / Qalam
Railway that was built by Japanese POWs at Ayusay Gorge/ Qalam
Punishment cell at one of the Vorkutlag camps. Similar facilities existed in all Soviet GULAGs. 1945 / Wikimedia Commons
A shot from the film Prisoner of War. Director: Eldar Kaparov. 2023. With participation of Kazakhfilm Studio / From open sources
Young Ahiko Tetsuro / NHK world