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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Memorial to victims of ship sunk by U.S.

NAHA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) look at photos of the victims of the 1944 Tsushima Maru incident, on display at the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 27, 2014. Over 1,400 people, half of them school children, were killed following a U.S. submarine torpedo attack on a Japanese ship during World War II. (Pool photo)

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U.S. envoy Kennedy to visit museum dedicated to ship mishap

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, shown in this undated file photo, plans to visit the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 23, 2014. The Japanese vessel was sunk by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving dead some 1,400 people on board, including hundreds of children.

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Memorial to victims of ship sunk by U.S.

NAHA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) look at photos of the victims of the 1944 Tsushima Maru incident, on display at the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 27, 2014. Over 1,400 people, half of them school children, were killed following a U.S. submarine torpedo attack on a Japanese ship during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Memorial to victims of ship sunk by U.S.

NAHA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (center L) and Empress Michiko (center R) talk with survivors and bereaved families of the victims of the 1944 Tsushima Maru incident at the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 27, 2014. Over 1,400 people, half of them school children, were killed following a U.S. submarine torpedo attack on a Japanese ship during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy Kennedy to visit museum dedicated to ship mishap

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, shown in this undated file photo, plans to visit the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 23, 2014. The Japanese vessel was sunk by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving dead some 1,400 people on board, including hundreds of children. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress to visit Okinawa in March to pay tribute to war dead

File photo taken in June 2014 shows Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) talking to the victims of the 1944 Tsushima Maru sinking at the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture. The imperial couple plan to visit Okinawa in March to pay tribute to those who died in the fierce ground battle there during World War II, a source close to the Imperial Household Agency said on Jan. 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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75th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2019, shows exhibits at the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. On display in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the 1944 Tsushima Maru incident are items that belonged to its victims. Nearly 1,500 civilian evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren, were killed as their ship sank after being torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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75th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2019, shows exhibits at the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. On display in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the 1944 Tsushima Maru incident are items that belonged to its victims. Nearly 1,500 civilian evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren, were killed as their ship sank after being torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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75th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2019, shows exhibits at the Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. On display in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the 1944 Tsushima Maru incident are items that belonged to its victims. Nearly 1,500 civilian evacuees from Okinawa, half of them schoolchildren, were killed as their ship sank after being torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo