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Memorial to 800 PoWs killed in Japanese cargo ship
A memorial has been unveiled to the sinking of a wartime Japanese cargo ship and the loss of more than 800 British prisoners ...
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Japan whaling mother ship calls it a day amid industry stupor
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The aging Nisshin Maru, a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition ... hands in welcome and cheered loudly as the ship returned to its home port here for the ...
Memorial for Donji fishermen’s rescue of British POWs unveiled in Zhoushan; British MP urges ‘tragedy must be remembered’
On Tuesday, the Memorial for Donji Fishermen’s Rescue of British Prisoners of War was unveiled on Qingbang Island in Zhoushan ...
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Japan whaling ship departs for Okhotsk to hunt fin whales
The Kangei Maru, a commercial whaling ship, leaves Shimonoseki port in western Japan on April 21, 2025. (Kyodo) SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi (Kyodo) -- A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese ...
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The Deadliest American Submarine of WWII is Now a Mighty Museum in Alabama
The Drum completed 13 official war patrols in the Pacific and earned 12 battle stars for her service. Today, she is the ...
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Why Brazil homes millions of Japanese descendants
On 18 June 1908, the Japanese ship Kasato Maru docked at the port of Santos, carrying 781 hopeful immigrants after a 52-day journey. This marked the beginning of Japanese immigration to Brazil.
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Memorial to 800 PoWs killed in Japanese cargo ship
A memorial has been unveiled to the sinking of a wartime Japanese cargo ship and the loss of more than 800 British prisoners of war. The Lisbon Maru was torpedoed by a US submarine in October 1942 ...