Many and cenotaphs are located outside of Japan for Japanese people who have died in war or other historical events. This article lists graves, 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 sites for POWs 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. The Japanese government's "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare" conducted a public project to search and collect the remains of war dead to bring the remains back to Japan.Web site in Japanese; conduct the public project Web site in Japanese;

Monuments to victims of the United States' internment of citizens of Japanese ancestry are prevalent in the Western United States.

Location and names of cemeteries, cenotaphs, and tombs

Asia Afghanistan Jalalabad outskirt, Gamberi park: Doctor Serve Nakamura Memorial Tower, built in Jan. 2020.Peshawar-kai, Japanese web site ペシャワール会について→現地活動の紹介→灌漑事業2020年→1月 ガンベリ公園にドクターサーブナカムラ記念塔を建設

Bangladesh Cemetery in Comilla District, Chittagong Division and other locations; Search and collect the remains project learned 43 tombs are Japanese, searching since 2014. Bangladesh government granted permission to Japan for the collection of remains of war dead in July 2024, then the first collection from tomb of Cemetery in Comilla District to be scheduled for 24 war dead remains in November 2024.Search and collect the remains of war dead project is carried out by site Japan Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties (ja: 日本戦没者遺骨収集推進協会) commissioned by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare NHK News Web; 2024年バングラデシュから初めて遺骨収集 NHK News Web;

Bhutan Paro: Burial place with the pagoda of botanist Keiji Nishioka ()

Cambodia Phnom Penh: Cenotaph, Haruyuki Takada (), a police officer who died in the line of duty while participating in the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Siem Reap Province: Tomb, Taizo Ichinose Kampong Thom City, Kampong Thom Province: Atsu Elementary and Junior High School and monument A in a garden bearing the name Atsuhito Nakata. It was built by his father with donations from Japanese people and based on the wishes of the local people (instead of the initial idea of using it for food supplies after a flood in 1998).Atsu Elementary and junior high school, Travel guide

China Hong Kong: Japanese cemetery area in Hong Kong Cemetery; 465 tombs of Japanese who died in Hong Kong from 1878 to 1945.: Fangzheng County, Heilongjiang: Sino-Japanese Friendship Forest (), originally Fangzheng Japanese Cemetery (). Tengchong, Yunnan: Mountain pass of Japanese tombs (日本人の墓の峠), referred to as such by elder people in this area; interred those killed in action in the Battle of Mount Song and Battle of Lamèng･Tengchong(Japanese :ja:拉孟・騰越の戦い)(Chinese :zh:騰衝戰役) at Lamèng (拉孟), Longling County, Baoshan, Yunnan and Tengchong (騰越).中国に残る日本人の遺骨 ｢キャッチ! 世界の視点｣ 2018年8月25日NHK BS1 放送Japanese blog site, back side monumental inscription is ‘’県級重点文物保護単位　滇西抗日戦争松山戦役主戦場遺址之一’’, ホーム > 海外 >アジア >中国 >雲南省 > 雲南省 旅行記 >詳細, 雲南省旅行記（ブログ） 一覧に戻る, 2007/05/06 - 2007/05/15, visit battle site in Yunnan (雲南省の戦跡を訪ねて、2007 May 9 No. 2)

India Imphal: Cenotaph for Japanese war casualties in the ). Worli, Mumbai: Mumbai Japanese cemetery; 3,000 Japanese lived in the Mumbai area to procure cotton in the early Shōwa period. Most of the remains and property of the deceased were brought back to Japan, and the remains of only 30 people remain in Mumbai as of 2008. Yomiuri Shimbun, Page 6, Ver.13, 3/October/2008,

Indonesia Jakarta - Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery: Honors ex-Japanese soldiers of the Pacific War who participated in the Indonesian National Revolution. Tabanan Regency: Cemetery park that honors Japanese former soldiers of the Pacific War who participated in the Indonesian National Revolution, ). Wakde - About 600 Japanese soldier remains of Battle of Wakde, only a few number of remains returned to Japan as of August 2025.Reported on 22:00, 2025-08-29 (ja:国際報道20xx)

Kazakhstan Karaganda: Burial cenotaph in honor of POWs ()

Laos Vientiane Province, Nam Ngum Dam: The grave site of several Japanese engineers surveying possible dam locations who died in December 1960 when their boat overturned. The burial site is in close proximity to the dam.:

Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia Ipoh Japanese cemetery: Johor Bahru Japanese cemetery Kuala Lumpur Japanese cemetery. Cenotaph for the people who died on Japan Airlines Flight 715. Kuala Terengganu Japanese cemetery Malacca Japanese cemetery Penang Japanese cemetery

East Malaysia Kota Kinabalu Japanese cemetery Kuching Japanese cemetery Labuan, Borneo, Labuan Peace Park: for the 12,000 men who died during the war in Borneo and the surrounding ocean area. Constructed by the Japanese government with the cooperation of government of Malaysia and the government of Sabah in September 1982.: Miri Japanese cemetery (in Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang College) Sandakan Japanese cemetery Tawau Japanese cemetery

Mongolia To resolve the lack of labor, the Mongolian government requested to transfer POWs 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. Altanbulag Selenge Province Japanese cemetery Sükhbaatar Japanese cemetery Ulaanbaatar, and , for approximately 1,700 POWs who died after the war ended. They were constructed by the Japanese government in October 2001.)日本人死亡者慰霊碑 (モンゴル) / 3 地域 Website of "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare": Naruhito, Emperor of Japan, and Empress Masako mourning on 8 July 2025. 両陛下、モンゴルで死亡した日本人の慰霊碑に供花…抑留者1700人が犠牲に Japanese cemetery burial (12 Japanese)

Myanmar Yangon Japanese cemetery: For Karayuki-san and Pacific War casualties. , a peace memorial to the approximately 190,000 Japanese who died during war. It was constructed by the Japanese government in March 1981 before being moved and expanded in size by the Myanmar government in March 1998.)

Nepal Mustang District: Toru Kondo () contributed to the development of the Mustang District.

North Korea 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.: Suburb of Pyongyang: ; 2,421 people evacuated to Pyongyang after the end of World War II, August 15, 1945, and died in the period of October 1945 to April 1946 due to cold temperatures and/or illness. Hamhung: Cemetery and burial place.

Philippines One of the bloodiest battlefields of the Pacific War; there are many cenotaphs.Philippines WAR MEMORIAL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION, INC.(ja:NGOフィリピン戦没者慰霊碑保存協会)

Luzon: Approximately 270 cenotaphs in various locations. Kalayaan – , to commemorate approximately 518,000 Japanese war dead in the Battle of Luzon. Constructed by the Japanese government in March 1973.Cenotaph for Japanese war dead at Philippines islands (ja:比島戦没者の碑) Location: Caliraya Laguna province Luzon Philippines (ja: 建立地：フィリピン共和国ラグナ州カリラヤ) Cenotaph for Japanese war dead in the Philippines islands (ja:比島戦没者の碑) Location: Caliraya Laguna province Luzon Philippines (ja: 建立地：フィリピン共和国ラグナ州カリラヤ) Visayas: Approximately 110 cenotaphs in various locations; Japanese casualties of Battle of the Visayas. Mindanao: Approximately 20 cenotaphs in various locations; Japanese casualties of Battle of Mindanao. Leyte: Cenotaph in Tacloban, Ormoc and various locations. approximately 80,000 Japanese killed in action out of 520,000 casualties in the Battle of Leyte. , is a peace commemoration statue between Asia, including the Philippines, and Japan in the Kanfuraw Hill where Tacloban City hall is located. There is Shrine in Dulag Airfield. Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Samar: Cenotaph in Dumpao Beach.

Russia (Asia region) Primorsky Krai: 146 Japanese cemeteries and burial places.:In Japanese: Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai: Cenotaph of a deceased POW father and others.Yomiuri Shimbun 2016-01-10 Ver. 13S Page 37 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast: Japanese cemetery, located midway between downtown and the airport. Smirnykh, Sakhalin Oblast: (Constructed by the Japanese government in November 1996.)Home page of, activities by, Japan War-Bereaved Families Association Former , Kholmsk, Sakhalin Oblast: Cenotaph constructed at the location of a former Japanese cemetery, by affiliated Maokacho in August 1995.Yomiuri Shimbun 2015-04-24 Ver. 13S Page 7 Nagornaya street, Nakhodka: Japanese cemetery. Listvyanka, Irkutsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Khabarovsk: ; approximately 60,000 remembered as POWs in Siberia. It was constructed by the Japanese government in July 1995. Irkutsk Oblast: Cenotaph of approximately 40 buried. Amur Oblast: Cenotaph of approximately 41 buried.

Singapore Japanese Cemetery Park

South Korea Geumjeong District, Busan Metropolitan City: Port Hamilton: Japanese cemetery removed after the Treaty of San Francisco

Sri Lanka Colombo: Japanese Cemetery area in Kanatte Cemetery - and built in 1965 and 1979 respectively.Built by History of Japanese Solidarity Association in Sri Lanka (スリランカ日本人会-沿革史)Japanese cemetery (ja: 日本人墓地 & 大日本帝国海軍戦死者慰霊碑)

Taiwan Tainan: 's Japanese columbarium. The former Japanese cemetery () before was exhumed and displacement took place in 1997. The tomb of Akashi Motojiro was then moved to the cemetery () in Sanzhi District, Taipei, other remains were moved to Houkakuji temple in Taichung. Sanzhi District, Taipei: tomb of Akashi Motojiro Taipei: Tomb of Mr. Rokushin () Taipei: , Japanese cremated remains morgue Tainan: Tomb of Yoichi Hatta and his wife. Kaohsiung: Japanese cemetery in Hualien County: Hualien County: Pingtung County : At Bashi Channel, Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Kuretake (), transport Tamatsu Maru and many other ships that were attacked by the United States Navy during Pacific War time. This area was called the in Japan, where more than 100,000 were killed in action. Japanese veteran survived for 12 days and was saved in August 1944. He self-funded the construction of the Chouonji temple in 1981 to memorialize compatriots. In August 2015, 60 families of the deceased, Taiwanese, and Japanese attended the ceremony.Yomiuri Shimbun 2015-Aug.-3 ver. 13S page 4

Tajikistan Dushanbe, Tajikistan office of United Nations Development Programme: Cenotaph of Yutaka Akino (), voluntary participant from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff, killed in duty of United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan.Shinzō Abe floral tribute on 2015-10-24, Yomiuri Shimbun Page 4, 13S edition 2015-10-25

Thailand Ayutthaya Japanese cemetery Kanchanaburi: ; Japanese soldiers worked to build Mueang Kanchanaburi District Burma Railway, including POWs of Allies of World War II and workers from Southeast Asia. It was built by Japanese army railway workers in 1944. Epitaph is written in Japanese, English, Malay, Tamil, Chinese and Vietnamese. Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns - Japanese stage actress (aged 27) had been murdered in Sukhothai Historical Park in 2007. In 2024, family visited there and her father said somehow cenotaph had been altered. New push to solve slaying of Japanese actress in Thailand – Bangkok Post,ja: 迫る時効…遺族が現地へ