There were only a very small number of them because they often commit suicide rather than surrender. Those who were captured however were treated according to the Geneva Convention.
Indications are that overall, all POWs were treated well and humanly during their internment. As the following will attest, few Japanese prisoners were taken and little is written about them. Much...
POWs may have been rewarded for duties performed, possibly even paid. But traditionally prisoners received little respect from Japanese military men, as surrendering was looked upon as a form of...