Police escort Onoda shortly upon his arrival in Manila in May 1996. He was a controversial figure in the Philippines, where anger remained over the Japanese occupation. The Philippine government pardoned him, but relatives of people he was accused of killing gathered to demand compensation when he returned to Lubang.
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