By SHOHEI OKADA/ Staff Writer
November 1, 2021 at 08:00 JST
A 1941 photo of the battleship Yamato with one of its main gun turrets in the foreground (Provided by the Kure Maritime Museum)
KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe believed to have been used to fashion the main guns of Japan's mighty World War II battleship Yamato was in danger of becoming a rusting relic until a crowdfunding raised the initial target of 100 million yen ($876,500)--in just a single day. [Read More]
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