Memorial unveiled in Wales for sunken Japanese ship victims

Memorial unveiled in Wales for sunken Japanese ship victims

Yoshiko Nakamura (C) offers flowers to a new memorial dedicated to those who died in the sinking of the Japanese merchant ship Hirano Maru in the final days of World War I during an unveiling ceremony in Angle, western Wales, Oct. 4, 2018. Nakamura's grandfather, who was an officer of the old Imperial Japanese Navy, died in the attack by a German submarine in the Irish Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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