Memorial to WWI Japanese boat sinking victims to be unveiled in Wales

A new memorial commemorating the victims of a Japanese merchant ship sunk by the German navy in the final days of World War I will be unveiled later this year in Wales.More than 200 sailors and passengers died when the Hirano Maru was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Irish Sea in October 1918, just over one month before the peace armistice was signed to end the war.As one of the Allies contributing alongside Britain and France to the war effort, merchant vessels from Japan were seen as legitimate targets by Germany.  [Photo courtesy of a resident in Angle] After the ship was sunk, loc…READ FULL ARTICLE