Naomasa, who was 6 at that time, watched as Imperial Japanese Navy Minister Shigetaro Shimada and other officials, dressed in military uniforms, entered the thatch-roofed house.

"I was a little boy when my brother was lost," Kazutomo Ban said, holding close an aged photograph of his brother Lieutenant Katsuhisa Ban in his Imperial Japanese Navy uniform. Three small submarines ...

In particular, the experience of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the First World War has received relatively little attention, especially with regard to its contributions late in the conflict.

The men have been noted as being of fine physique, clean shaven and very trim in their uniforms, ... * Imperial Japanese Navy ships docked into Townsville four more times between 1906 and 1917.

The Japanese Imperial Navy's Akagi was surveyed along with two other aircraft carriers by a crew aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, according to the nonprofit group Ocean Exploration Trust.

Midget submarines served as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy throughout the war, seeing action far beyond Pearl Harbor. In fact, the Type A (50 were built during the war) ...