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Awazisan Maru (淡路山丸), also known as Awajisan Maru or Awagisan Maru, was a motor cargo vessel built by Tama Zosensho of Tamano for Mitsui & Co. Ltd. with intention of serving on their Yokohama to New York route.
MV Brazil Maru is a retired Japanese cargo liner that sailed for the Japanese shipping company, Osaka Shosen KK , on the Japan to South America immigrant service from 1954 to 1963. Built by the Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard in Kobe , Japan , she was launched on 6 April 1954 and departed on her maiden voyage later that year.
There are many synonyms in Japanese because the Japanese language draws from several different languages for loanwords, notably Chinese and English, as well as its own native words. [1] In Japanese, synonyms are called dōgigo (kanji: 同義語) or ruigigo (kanji: 類義語). [2] Full synonymy, however, is rare.
Hikawa Maru (氷川丸) is a retired Japanese ocean liner that Yokohama Dock Company built for the NYK Line. She was launched on 30 September 1929 and made her maiden voyage from Kobe to Seattle on 13 May 1930. [1] She is permanently berthed as a museum ship at Yamashita Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama.
Her maiden voyage was 13 May 1930 for Yokohama–Seattle. Arrived at Seattle on 27 May. She sailed 73 times until August 1941. Her service was popular, and the cuisine was well-regarded, as NYK Line employed a chef trained in Europe. Hie Maru was completed on 31 July 1930. Her maiden voyage was 23 August 1930 from Kobe.
Maiden voyage: 23 March 1940: Fate: Transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1942: Empire of Japan; Commissioned: 25 November 1942: Renamed: Chūyō, 31 August 1942: Stricken: 5 February 1944: Fate: Sunk by the submarine USS Sailfish, 4 December 1943: General characteristics (as converted) Class and type: Taiyō-class escort carrier: Displacement
A powerful Japanese business lobby is calling on the government to allow married couples to keep dual surnames, saying the lack of freedom to do so hinders women’s advancement and has even ...
During Crystal Harmony ' s maiden voyage in the South American and Caribbean waters, the ship caught on fire due to a fuel leak in an auxiliary engine room some 200 miles (320 km) from Cristóbal. Crystal Harmony drifted without power for sixteen hours but after repairs made it to port under her own steam and disembarked her passengers in Panama.