Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko paid a visit to the NYK Maritime Museum in Yokohama on July 17, 2017, a national holiday known as Marine Day.
Yasumi Kudo, NYK Chairman and Tadashi Abe, director of NYK Maritime Museum greeted the Imperial couple and Hakuei Wakiya, vice director of museum escorted them.
The Imperial couple viewed the exhibition showcasing the country’s maritime history, including Yataro Iwasaki who established modern Japanese shipping industry, the Bombay route established jointly with Tata company, the many celebrities who traveled on luxury passenger liners in prewar, the devastation of war, and the achievement of recovery started with the only one large-scale survivor ship Hikawa Maru.
NYK said it continues to prevent dissipation of historical materials to promote preservation, and to convey how the Japanese marine industry has been involved historically with people's lifestyles through the maritime history, in order to enhance maritime spirit.