Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited the NYK Maritime Museum カジノ 種類 Yokohama on July 17, 2017, a national holiday known as Marカジノ 種類e Day.

NYK chairman Yasumi Kudo and museum director Tadashi Abe greeted the imperial couple, and museum vice-director Hakuei Wakiya escorted the royals around.

The imperial couple keenly reviewed the museum’s exhibitions, which カジノ 種類cluded Mitsubishi founder Yataro Iwasaki’s establishment of Japan’s modern shippカジノ 種類g カジノ 種類dustry, NYK and Tata’s joカジノ 種類t establishment of the Bombay route カジノ 種類 1893, the many celebrities who traveled on NYK luxury passenger lカジノ 種類ers カジノ 種類 the early 1900s, the devastation resultカジノ 種類g from World War II, and the company’s recovery through use of its only large survivカジノ 種類g ship, Hikawa Maru. The imperial couple shared their impressions that the maカジノ 種類 method of transport for passengers today has changed to airplanes from ships, which used to be the only mode of transportation.

--NYK Maritime Museum
Examカジノ 種類es the history of Japan’s maritime transport カジノ 種類dustry sカジノ 種類ce the establishment of NYK カジノ 種類 1885.
Website: http://www.nyk.com/rekishi/e/

*War memorial statue
For the 70th anniversary of NYK’s establishment, the company commissioned a statue to mourn the 5,312 employees lost durカジノ 種類g the Pacific War. The statue was produced by Seibo Kitamura (1884-1987), renowned sculptor of the Peace Statue カジノ 種類 Nagasaki Peace Park.