Title: Old soldiers sometimes lie
Description: More than five decades after the execution of General Tomayuki Yamashita for alleged war crimes committed during World War II, his granddaughter sets out to clear his name, unravelling a web of conspiracy that may have links to a 1947 meeting between Emperor Hirohito and General Douglas MacArthur.
Subjects: Grandparent and child, War crime trials, Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, historical, general, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Japan, fiction, Philippines, fiction, Grandparents, fiction
Places: Manila (Philippines), Philippines
People: Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), Hirohito Emperor of Japan (1901-), Tomobumi Yamashita (1885-1946)