ONO, Hyogo Pref. — A local historical committee has recently confirmed that wooden structures in a neighborhood here were once part of a World War I prisoner-of-war camp that housed nearly 500 German and Austrian prisoners.
The surviving structures include a section of former barracks and a prisoners' outhouse, as well as an outhouse used by Japanese guards.
All are now located within a modern neighborhood on the edge of a Ground Self-Defense Force training base bordering the cities of Ono and Kasai in central Hyogo Prefecture.
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