Up to now, part of the huge treasure of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita has been found, the rest is still “unaccounted for”. So, what valuable items does this giant treasure contain that is so famous?
Bacuit Bay Island in Palawan province, Philippines, is associated with a legend about the missing treasure of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita in the 1940s. The huge treasure above includes many precious items made from gold, silver, and jewelry. jewelry, precious artifacts… looted by the Japanese fascists in neighboring countries such as Malaysia, India, Thailand during the period from the 30s to the end of World War II.
This treasure is said to be hidden in Northern Luzon, Central Luzon, Tagalog region and Mindoro island. At that time, General Yamashita was one of the famous generals of the land of cherry blossoms. He was also one of the last generals to command the Japanese army in the Philippines during World War II, before being destroyed by the allies.
At that time, General Yamashita was assigned the task of transporting all the treasures looted from Asian countries to the Philippines before returning to Japan. However, in 1944, while in the Philippines, General Yamashita’s army was attacked by American and Yamashita forces, causing serious losses to the Japanese army.
Part of the treasure that General Yamashita hid has been found.
Before being arrested and hanged, General Yamashita ordered people to divide the huge treasure into smaller parts and hide them in 172 different locations on the island from caves to underground… He also re-drawn the map of the hidden treasure. hid the treasure with the intention that one day he would return here to get it back. However, that plan did not happen as General Yamashita intended because he was convicted as a war criminal and executed in Los Banos, Laguna on February 23, 1946.
Many sources say that this treasure is worth billions of dollars. Therefore, in the 60s and 70s, many treasure hunters searched for the wealth that General Yamashita had hidden in the past. Some claim to have hidden treasure maps from Japanese soldiers returning from the Philippines in the past.
In 1971, Rogelio Roxas found part of the treasure near Baguio City. That treasure was buried in underground rooms including many boxes containing gold bars and Buddha statues made from 20 carat pure gold. Afterwards, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos ordered all treasures confiscated and hidden in a special vault. Mr. Roxas filed a lawsuit and received a huge reward of 22 billion USD for finding the above giant treasure. However, this treasure hunter did not agree with the above reward amount so he continued to sue the government.
