Prominent among those who have argued for the existence of Yamashita's gold are Sterling Seagrave and his wife … See more

Ricardo Trota Jose, history professor from the University of the Philippines, has questioned the theory that treasure from mainland Southeast Asia was transported to the Philippines: "By 1943 the Japanese were no lon… See more

In March 1988, a Filipino treasure hunter named Rogelio Roxas filed a lawsuit in the state of Hawaii against the former president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos for theft and human rights abus… See more

In December 1969, rumors spread that gold bars had been found in the mountains about 40km away from Manila. In June 2018, local police arrested 17 people, including 4 Japanese, including a 15-year-old boy, an… See more

• Yamashita's gold, though not mentioned by that name, serves as a major plot element of Cryptonomicon, a novel by Neal Stephenson
• A film about the alleged treasure, Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure, directed by … See more

• Art theft and looting during World War II
• Confederate gold
• List of lost mines
• List of missing treasures… See more