Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Imamura#The_Pacific_War
TIL Japanese General Hitoshi Imamura was charged with and sentenced to 9 years for failing to control his subordinates as they committed war crimes against Australian troops. He thought that he got off too light so he reconstructed his cell in his yard and lived there for the reminder of his life.
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This man understood the depths of his crimes and had the personal honor to make sure he paid for those crimes in full.
The world has largely forgotten what the Japanese did to the countries and people it subjugated during the war along with what they did to captured prisoners.