WWII suicide pilot's last postcard to mother

WWII suicide pilot's last postcard to mother

TOKYO, Japan - The last postcard sent by World War II pilot Masatatsu Yamashita to his mother before he was killed on a suicide mission is displayed along with a notebook kept by her at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on May 25, 2014.

WWII suicide pilot's brother looks at mementos

WWII suicide pilot's brother looks at mementos

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Yamashita looks at mementos of his elder brother Masatatsu, a World War II pilot killed on a suicide mission, exhibited at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in this file photo taken on May 25, 2014.

WWII Japanese soldier's flag brought back to wife

WWII Japanese soldier's flag brought back to wife

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Rising Sun flag, carried by former Japanese Imperial Army soldier Tokujiro Ogura during World War II, is given back to his wife Fumi (L) by Paul Parrott (C), a former British soldier's grandson, at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 21, 2014.

10-yr-old succeeds spinning top performing arts

10-yr-old succeeds spinning top performing arts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 29, 2013, shows Kazuma Yoshitomi, a successor of the traditional performing arts of spinning tops called Chikuzen Hakata Koma. Only a fourth grader, he assumed the name of Chikushi Juraku as the successor to a line of artists.

Large-scale equipment developed by Rinashimetari

Large-scale equipment developed by Rinashimetari

Rinashimetari (Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City) has developed a large-scale device that uses metal processing heat treatment technology. It can handle bars up to 70 mm in diameter, and heats and shears the metal to increase its strength. The company aims to use the equipment for processing parts for aircraft and railroads, as well as frames for small electric vehicles (EVs). The technology used in the equipment is called "RMA-CREO," which heats metal bars at high frequency, rapidly cools both ends, and then applies torsion and shearing to refine the crystal grains. The equipment will be installed by Mimatsu (Chikushino City, Fukuoka Prefecture) at its Yosu Plant (Chikuzen Town, Fukuoka Prefecture), and Mimatsu will undertake the production. (Mimatsu's Yasu Plant in Chikuzen-cho, Fukuoka Prefecture, November 11, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Funeral for 14-year-old student who committed suicide in Fukuoka

Funeral for 14-year-old student who committed suicide in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Teachers from Minowa junior high school attend a funeral for a 14-year-old boy who committed suicide in the town of Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture. The photo was taken on Nov. 11, 2006. (Kyodo)

Ex-suicide pilot recalls his experience in WWII

Ex-suicide pilot recalls his experience in WWII

Hatsuo Sueyoshi, 88, a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's suicide corps during World War II, recounts his experience as a surviving witness using a model plane in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

WWII Japanese suicide attack unit pilot's emblem

WWII Japanese suicide attack unit pilot's emblem

This is the emblem of the No. 72 "Shinbutai" squadron which Japanese suicide attack unit pilot Yukio Araki wore on the left sleeve of his flight suit, photographed at Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in the town of Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 17, 2015. Araki sent the emblem to his father before his flight mission in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

The Satsuma Official Residence

The Satsuma Official Residence

The house behind tsukiji wall is the main residence of the Arimas of Chikugo(Present day southern region of Fukuoka Prefecture) Kurume-han fief. The long wall is the wall around the main residence of the Kurodas of Akizuki-han fief of the Chikuzen region(the north western part of present day Fukuoka prefecture). At the end of the street, by the big tree, is Tenso Shrine. The shrine is called Moto-Shinmyo or Koyama shrine and it is said to be the old site of the Shiba Great Shrine. This area is currently Mita 1-chome, Minato Ward. This photo captures the southern view facing Nakanohashi Bridgeover Furukawa River in the back. Currently the site of the Arimas'residence on the left is Tokyo Senbai Hospital and the site of the Kurodas' residence a condominium.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐32‐0]

WWII suicide pilot's brother looks at mementos

WWII suicide pilot's brother looks at mementos

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Yamashita looks at mementos of his elder brother Masatatsu, a World War II pilot killed on a suicide mission, exhibited at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in this file photo taken on May 25, 2014. (Kyodo)

WWII suicide pilot's last postcard to mother

WWII suicide pilot's last postcard to mother

TOKYO, Japan - The last postcard sent by World War II pilot Masatatsu Yamashita to his mother before he was killed on a suicide mission is displayed along with a notebook kept by her at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on May 25, 2014. (Kyodo)

Straw-made gorilla statue

Straw-made gorilla statue

A 7-meter tall gorilla statue made of straw is pictured at a park in Chikuzen in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 11, 2021.