Word: yoshisada
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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That was beside the point, snapped the Foreign Office. Britain had deliberately insulted Japan by halting a vessel "almost at the base of Mount Fuji" - i. e., 35 miles off shore. The Asama's unfortunate Cap tain Yoshisada Vatanabe was relieved of his job for "misconduct" - i. e., stopping his ship when the British cruiser fired a shot across his bows. Japan promised to "take steps" against Britain and got around to discouraging Germans from traveling on Japanese ships. As if deliberately trying to remove the last vestige of consistency, a Japanese cruiser stopped a British coastal steamer, asked...
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