Japanese troops conduct mountain ski drill in memory of 1902 disaster

Japanese troops conduct mountain ski drill in memory of 1902 disaster

A Ground Self-Defense Force unit conducts an annual skiing drill at the foot of the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori in northeastern Japan on Feb. 7, 2017. The drill is aimed at maintaining the unit's readiness in an area of heavy snowfall as well as consoling the souls of 199 soldiers killed in a 1902 blizzard on the mountains. A local unit of the former Imperial Japanese Army conducted a drill to march in snow on the mountains to prepare for a possible Russian invasion of Aomori, resulting in one of the world's deadliest mountaineering disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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