Although Japan had not signed the agreement, they promised to abide by the terms.The agreement also agreed no prisoners of war would be forced to do dangerous work and would be paid, they would also be fed and given proper shelter and medical care along with being allowed to correspond with family members and make the International Red Cross aware of their capture. The Japanese camp leaders followed none of these rules and made up their own regulations and punishments. Men who attempted to escape were also executed in front of the other prisoners, and in some camps as many as ten men were executed as punishment for one man trying to escape. It was almost impossible to escape from a Japanese prisoner of war camp, so hard that it was known to be almost suicidal. These men were also tortured until they revealed information about war plans and locations, which was against the Geneva
Although Japan had not signed the agreement, they promised to abide by the terms.The agreement also agreed no prisoners of war would be forced to do dangerous work and would be paid, they would also be fed and given proper shelter and medical care along with being allowed to correspond with family members and make the International Red Cross aware of their capture. The Japanese camp leaders followed none of these rules and made up their own regulations and punishments. Men who attempted to escape were also executed in front of the other prisoners, and in some camps as many as ten men were executed as punishment for one man trying to escape. It was almost impossible to escape from a Japanese prisoner of war camp, so hard that it was known to be almost suicidal. These men were also tortured until they revealed information about war plans and locations, which was against the Geneva