Tourist divers gather around the Aikoku Maru, where skulls and other remains are seen, in the Federated States of Micronesia on Monday. The remains were later collected by divers contracted by the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry. - Photo: Manabu Kato/The Yomiuri Shimbun
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Divers have recovered remains of those killed in the Pacific War from the sunken Japanese ship Aikoku Maru for the first time in 30 years.
The recovery follows similar dives on other sunken ships as part of a project by the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry.
