The emperor’s question about vessels had previously been believed to have been asked on March 29, 1945, in what is currently known as “Document Senkan Yamato” (Documentary on the battleship ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato – along with her sister ship Musashi – was the largest battleship ever constructed. her nine 46cm (18.1-inch) Type 94 main guns employed were the largest ...

The Yamato must die a glorious ... a meaning far beyond a science-history documentary—as if the telling of this story, this awesome battleship and its demise, would somehow heal the wounds ...