The publication was released in 1975 by such parties as writer Mitsuru Yoshida, who is well known for his book “Senkan Yamato no Saigo” (The last moment of the battleship Yamato). The ...

The Battle of Okinawa in 1945, with its 75th anniversary, was one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War, raging from the end of March through June 1945. It was a battle that set the definition ...

Along the way I found this story, the story of the Yamato. “Are we not samurai? Then as samurai we must die. The Yamato must die a glorious death.” For me, one of the most fascinating aspects ...

Dystopian books are once again having a moment, and we’re here for every new read and back-in-vogue classic. Startlingly realistic for science fiction novels, dystopian fiction challenges ...

The Yamato's fate was sealed during Operation Ten-Go, a suicide mission in which the ship was sunk by American carrier-based aircraft on April 7, 1945, marking the end of the battleship era.

Battleships once symbolized naval supremacy, dominating fleets until the rise of aircraft carriers in 1941. The world's navies raced to build these steel leviathans, which played pivotal roles in ...

With the advent of book printing—historians point to first-millennium China as the origin of the first printed text—people have been able to not only read entertaining and moving tales but ...

One Piece might not have made Yamato an official Straw Hat after the Wano Country arc, but one awesome cosplay is still helping to shine a spotlight on Yamato. One Piece's Wano Country arc ...

By Laura Miller Two dreamlike picture books explore the ennui particular to the colossus. By Dave Eggers Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 ...

The innovative nature of the research goal and the simplicity of presentation are the advantages of this book. Buy Corporate Governance in Japan: Historical Roots from the Yamato to the Tokugawa Eras ...

The high degree of hope placed by the Emperor in the Yamato was dashed when it was sunk with minimal protection from aircraft, ending over 4,000 lives. Jan Morris, in her book “Battleship Yamato ...