Sugamo Prison was a prison in Tokyo, Japan. It was located in the district of Ikebukuro, which is now part of the Toshima ward.
Sugamo Prison in December 1948
Mug shot of Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose, taken at Sugamo Prison in March 1946
Photograph sheet of 28 suspected war criminals
Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American service men held in pris
Sugamo Prison
…has been preserved in the park in front of the Tokyo International University Ikebukuro Campus, which stands on part of the former prison grounds. Iva Toguri D'Aquino: American-Japanese suspected collaborator known as "Tokyo Rose". Sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States for treason, which she served in…
Mug shot of Toguri in 1946
Toguri in December 1944 at Radio Tokyo
Toguri being interviewed by the press in September 1945