Co-written by Deputy Director of the Special Archives of GIA B.Erdenebileg and Doctor of Science J.Urangua, the book reveals new interesting facts about the Japanese prisoners of war and their life in Mongolia.

According to the historical sources, Mongolia needed huge working force after the Liberation War of 1945 and as Mongolia requested the Soviet Union, more than 12300 Japanese prisoners of war set foot in Mongolia in six shifts in the fall of that year.

They had worked in industrial complex, lime plant, match manufacturing plant in Sukhbaatar city, collective farms, coal mine in Nalaikh and brick plants. Some 1000 professionals such as drivers, plumbers, fishermen, farmers, railroaders, journalists, accountants, teachers and photographers were among the prisoners of war.

The Japanese 10705 prisoners of war were returned to their home country between October 14 and October 28, 1947, however the war prisoners who committed a crime during their detention were left in Mongolia, and they were returned to their homeland in 1957 through China. A total 13 Japanese soldiers were recorded to be punished according to the Law of Mongolia that time.