Allied Prisoners of the War by Japanese.

During the WWII, in early 1942 at Pacific, there were about 300,000 Weatern prisoners of war
by Japnese.
Several years ago I have searched the document or some sources at Japanese side written about
the truth of the prisoners.
But I could find very little left in Japan, how many prisoners, where and what was the condition.
I asked some historian about the fact. She answered that Japanese officisales had distroried the
records intentionaly just after their surrender, on 15th and 16th of August in 1945.
There were many Japanese War Criminals ecesuted about the cruelty to the prisoners.

How many Allied prisoners were there?
Roughly, at the fall of Singapore, United Kingdom, British, Australian were surrendered, their
numbes were about 130,000. (Australian was 22,000 and one third of them died before the end of the war. )
At Pillipines, about 100,000 Americans had been as prisoners. And more at Hong Kong, Indonasia (Dutch), and Malay Peninsula.
So, I figured about 300,000 western prisoners were.

From many writings both sides, about 100,000 had been sent to mainland Japan.
About 100,000 were cought at the camps in Asia.
About 100,ooo died including 30,000 by the sanks of the boats which were topedos of the United States.
Those are the figures I have right now.
But I will try to find out the actual truth by any kind of this subject.

Afterall one million Pillpinos died during the war and half million Japnaese died in Phillipine.
The facts were vague.
source.