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Yamashita's gold, also referred to as the Yamashita treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and supposedly hidden in caves, tunnels, or underground complexes in different cities in the Philippines.
May 9, 2018 · It was in a huge tunnel complex dug by the Japanese at the Cagayan Valley in the Philippines. Inside the tunnel was treasures of a staggering proportion. Labeled tunnel 8, this was just one of 175 tunnels dotted around the Japanese occupied islands of the Philippines.
May 12, 2016 · Japan’s royal family decided to hide the remaining treasure in the Philippines and that is where General Yamashita comes in. Yamashita was tasked with organizing and carrying out the plans to dig tunnels and find caves in which to hide all of the gold and other items.
Aug 19, 2022 · Under the command of the notorious General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the Japanese military of World War II amassed a fortune in looted gold which may have been stashed in the Philippines. (Supplied: Wikimedia Commons) They discovered one tunnel — about 1.8 metres high and 9m long — completely filled with boxes.
Apr 2, 2019 · One man, a Filipino treasure hunter named Rogelio Roxas, claimed that in 1961 he was given a map by the son of a Japanese soldier, which purported to show the location of Yamashita’s hidden treasure.
The never-ending search for General Yamashita’s fabled gold is a peculiar Filipino pastime. In almost every corner of the nation, amateur treasure hunters explore caves, peer under flagpoles,...
Jun 16, 2022 · Find out why this fascination with treasures persists among Filipinos and how late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ son is fuelling that obsession. Japan's General Tomoyuki Yamashita (far left) in...
