The Japanese Building

The Japanese Building is the only purpose-built administrative building which was erected by the Japanese Occupational Force in Kuching during the Second World War. Prisoners of war from Sabah and Sarawak were marched daily to the site to provide the labour force needed for construction of this building. The construction of the Japanese Building had cut off the connection from India Street to Carpenter Street, and the link was only re-established when a passageway was created through the building in 1989.

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