Pandora's Box
Yamashita's gold, also referred to as the Yamashita
treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot
stolen in Southeast Asia by Japanese forces during
World War II and hidden in caves, tunnels, underground
complexes, or just underground in the Philippines. It is
named for the Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita,
nicknamed "The Tiger of Malaya". Though accounts
that the treasure remains hidden in the Philippines
have lured treasure hunters from around the world for
over fifty years, its existence is dismissed by most
experts. The rumored treasure has been the subject of
a complex lawsuit that was filed in a Hawaiian state
court in 1988 involving a Filipino treasure hunter,
Rogelio Roxas, and the former Philippine president,
Ferdinand Marcos.
