Some interesting reading a search question.

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

...you could see how easy it would be for their defeated personnel to lie or embellish upon interrogation. They lied to themselves throughout the war, so why should they be any different toward their captors?

I remember reading somewhere (but I don't remember where) that the captured Japanese tended to be talkative and truthful. Two explanations were given. Their superiors expected them to fight to the death, and never prepared them for how to act if captured. Either that, or the cultural stigma of surrender was enough to break them to the point that it never occurred to them to either not talk, or to give false answers.

As I said, I don't remember where I saw it, so take it for what it's worth.