Despite the loss in the battle, the Japanese had a strategic victory for making the Chinese fail their primary objectives.

[10] After being denied of his ideas for the defense of the Philippines, he was accused to have been lax in his duties and was replaced by Tomoyuki Yamashita, his former schoolmate in the Army War College, who was touted as a "superb and excellent tactician",[10] after the fall of his patron Hideki Tojo from power.

After the surrender of Japan, Kuroda was arrested by American occupation authorities in 1946 and held in Yokohama Prison.

He disguised Kuroda by putting a mole on his face, and removing that at the end of the trial to discredit the witnesses thrown at the Japanese general.

[13] Kuroda's chief defense counsel was Pedro A. Serran, Col. USAFFE who was named the "Liberator of Zarraga, Iloilo in Panay Island".

Ironically Col. Serran, as a commissioned officer and practicing Lawyer, fought the Japanese in combat as a Captain.

A professional lawyer believing in democracy and due process, he became the chief attorney who represented Kuroda in his defense.