Photos Taken in Japan | World War II Database

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Nachi running trials, Oct 1928	Haguro under construction in Drydock No. 3 of the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, 20 Oct 1928	Cruiser Nachi shortly before completion, Japan, circa early Nov 1928	Nachi underway, Nov 1928

Enthronement ceremony of Emperor Showa, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Japan, 10 Nov 1928	Carrier Kaga at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 20 Nov 1928	Carrier Kaga off Yokosuka, Japan, 1929	Chiang Kaishek with Japanese politicians Mitsuru Toyama (far left) and Tsuyoshi Inukai (center), Japan, 1929

Haguro in the final stages of fitting out, off Mutusbishi's Nagasaki shipyard, Japan, 6 Apr 1929	Japanese Army Medium Mark A Whippet tank with a training crew from the Infantry Academy, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, date unknown	Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930	Kongo in drydock, Yokosuka, Japan, 1930

Sasebo Naval Arsenal commemorative postcard, circa 1930	Ise at anchor, circa early Aug 1930	Japanese passenger liner Asama Maru, Japan, circa 1931	Tenryu in the Inland Sea, Japan, 1930-1932

Kongo under reconstruction, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Jul 1931; she was nearing completion	Isoroku Yamamoto (center) and his family during a visit by Yamamoto's mentor Admiral Teikichi Hori (left of Yamamoto in this photo), Japan, 5 Sep 1931	Carrier Ryujo under construction in Drydock No. 5, Yokosuka, Japan, 20 Oct 1931	Japanese troops leaving Okayama Railroad Station, Okayama, Japan for the front lines in northeastern China, late 1931