Sugamo Prison

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Sugamo Prison was a Tokyo detention facility used by the Allied occupation forces after World War II to hold and execute Japanese war criminals, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf detention facility
prison
alsoKnownAs Sugamo Prison
surface form: Sugamo Detention House
architecturalStyle brick prison architecture
controlledBy Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
United States NERFINISHED
country Japan
dateOfClosure 1962
dateOfConstruction 1895
dateOfDemolition 1971
endDateAsAlliedPrison 1952
JapaneseName 巣鴨拘置所
languageOfName Japanese
locatedIn Ikebukuro NERFINISHED
Tokyo
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tokyo Metropolis NERFINISHED
locatedInDistrict Toshima NERFINISHED
locatedInTime Allied occupation of Japan
notablePrisoner Akira Mutō NERFINISHED
Heitarō Kimura NERFINISHED
Hideki Tojo
Hiranuma Kiichirō NERFINISHED
Iwane Matsui NERFINISHED
Kenji Doihara NERFINISHED
Kōki Hirota NERFINISHED
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Naoki Hoshino NERFINISHED
Okinori Kaya NERFINISHED
Seishirō Itagaki NERFINISHED
Shigenori Tōgō
Toshikazu Kase NERFINISHED
Toshio Shiratori NERFINISHED
Yoshijirō Umezu
Yōsuke Matsuoka NERFINISHED
numberOfExecutedClassAWarCriminals 7
operator Allied forces
surface form: Allied occupation forces
originalUse Tokyo detention center for Japanese prisoners
partOf post–World War II occupation infrastructure in Japan
reconstructed 1920s
replacedBy Sunshine 60
significantEvent detention of Japanese leaders convicted of war crimes
execution of Class A war criminals
execution of Hideki Tojo
siteCurrentlyOccupiedBy Sunshine City
surface form: Sunshine City complex
startDateAsAlliedPrison 1945
usedBy Allied occupation authorities
Government of Japan
surface form: Imperial Japanese government

International Military Tribunal for the Far East
usedFor detention of war criminals
execution of war criminals
holding political prisoners
holding suspected war criminals awaiting trial

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Sugamo Prison alsoKnownAs Sugamo Prison
this entity surface form: Sugamo Detention House
Osami Nagano detainedAt Sugamo Prison
Yoshijiro Umezu detainedAt Sugamo Prison
Hideki Tojo placeOfDeath Sugamo Prison
Itagaki Seishirō placeOfDeath Sugamo Prison
Iwane Matsui placeOfDeath Sugamo Prison
Yoshijiro Umezu placeOfDeath Sugamo Prison
this entity surface form: Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu placeOfDetention Sugamo Prison
Matsui Iwane placeOfDetention Sugamo Prison
Hata Shunroku wasImprisoned Sugamo Prison
東條 英機 処刑場所 Sugamo Prison
this entity surface form: 巣鴨プリズン