Yamato-Class Battleships: Japan's Naval Giants That Couldn't Turn ... but all three were sunk by U.S. forces. A naval arms race ramped up after World War I ended. The UK, France, Japan, Italy ...

After the battleship’s sinking, the emperor asked on April 30, 1945, whether “the Yamato and other vessels were properly utilized.” The Imperial Japanese Navy described the Yamato's ...

Japan's Toshikazu Yamanishi (R) is pictured on his way to setting a new men's 20-kilometer race walking world record at the national championship in Kobe on Feb. 16, 2025. (Kyodo) KOBE (Kyodo ...

Japan’s Toshikazu Yamanishi smashed the men's world 20 kilometre race walk record on Sunday at the Japanese 20km race walking championship in Kobe. The two-time world champion clocked 1 hour 16 ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe believed to have been used to fashion the main guns of Japan's mighty World War II battleship Yamato was in danger of becoming a rusting relic until a ...