Prince Akishino family visit exhibit of ill-fated ship

Prince Akishino family visit exhibit of ill-fated ship

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino, his wife Princess Kiko and their children visit on Aug. 16, 2014, an exhibition in Tokyo displaying documents and drawings about the 1944 Tsushima Maru incident in which a Japanese vessel was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine and sank in waters off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, leaving nearly 1,500 people dead, including more than 1,000 children. (Pool Photo)

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