Memorial to victims of Japanese boat sunk in WWI unveiled in Wales

A memorial dedicated to the victims of a Japanese merchant ship sunk by the German navy in the final days of World War I was unveiled on Thursday in Wales.The churchyard ceremony, which marked exactly 100 years since the sinking, was attended by descendants of the victims and members of the British royal family.Only 30 of the 240 sailors and passengers on board the Hirano Maru survived when the ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Irish Sea on Oct. 4, 1918, just over a month before the peace armistice was declared to end the conflict.As Japan was one of Britain's allies, its merchan…READ FULL ARTICLE