Many and cenotaphs are located outside of Japan for Japanese people who have died in war or other historical events. This article lists tombs and burial places. History The oldest known Japantown featuring a Japanese cemetery is in Ayutthaya, Thailand, which was established between the 14th and 18th centuries. The oldest known Japanese national recorded by name and buried outside Japan is the early explorer Yamada Nagamasa. Wars, particularly World War II, have accounted for a majority of the Japanese burial sites located outside of Japan. There is a cemetery for the Imperial Japanese Navy in Malta, multiple cites for Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia, and many Pacific War sites, which include Japanese cemeteries, cenotaphs, and remains in the Nanpō Islands, the Philippines, New Guinea, and other Pacific Islands. There have been multiple efforts by veteran organizations and the Japanese government to return remains to living relatives. Monuments to victims of the United States' internment of citizens of Japanese ancestry are prevalent in the western US. Location and names of cemeteries, cenotaphs, and tombs Asia Afghanistan Jalalabad outskirt, Gamberi park : Doctor Serve Nakamura Memorial Tower, built in Jan. 2020 Bhutan Paro: Burial place with the pagoda of botanist Keiji Nishioka () Cambodia Phnom Penh: Cenotaph, Haruyuki Takada (), police officer. Died in the line of duty while participating in the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia – Phnom Penh Siem Reap Province: Tomb, Taizo Ichinose Kampong Thom City, Kampong Thom Province: Atsu Elementary and Junior High School and monument A in a garden bearing the name Atsuhito Nakata. It was built by his father with donations from Japanese people and based on the wishes of the local people (instead of the initial idea of using it for food supplies after a flood in 1998). China Hong Kong: Japanese cemetery area in Hong Kong Cemetery; 465 tombs of Japanese who died in Hong Kong from 1878 to 1945. Fangzheng County, Heilongjiang: Sino-Japanese Friendship Forest (), originally Fangzheng Japanese Cemetery (). Tengchong, Yunnan: Mountain pass of Japanese tombs (日本人の墓の峠), referred to as such by elder people in this area; interred those killed in action in the Battle of Mount Song and Battle of Lamèng･Tengchong(Japanese :ja:拉孟・騰越の戦い)(Chinese :zh:騰衝戰役) at Lamèng (拉孟), Longling County, Baoshan, Yunnan and Tengchong (騰越). India Imphal: Cenotaph for Japanese war casualties in the ) Worli, Mumbai: Mumbai Japanese cemetery; 3000 Japanese lived in the Mumbai area to procure