After the battleship’s sinking, the emperor asked on April 30, 1945, whether “the Yamato and other vessels were properly utilized.” The Imperial Japanese Navy described the Yamato's ...

USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.

What You Need to Know: The Yamato-class battleships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, designed by Imperial Japan before World War II to assert naval dominance.

More than 2,000 local 4th grade students were treated to a free performance of “Yamato: The Drummers of Japan” at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. The show was part of the Friends of the ...