By TAKASHI KONISHI/ Staff Writer
December 29, 2020 at 07:00 JST
A Koryu-class submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy being dismantled in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. The head of the submarine is in the foreground, with torpedo tubes installed one above the other. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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