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Titanic survivor Hosono letter restores honor in Japan
Masabumi Hosono, the only Japanese aboard the Titanic, faced stigma for surviving. A newly found handwritten letter to his wife, written on Titanic stationery, shows he was urged by officers into lifeboat No 10 and helped row away, challenging earlier Japanese press accounts and ending decades of disgrace. The discovery underpins calls for his rehabilitation amid renewed interest in the disaster and a Titanic exhibit in Japan.
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Tokyo
Masabumi Hosono
Hosono
Japan
No. 13
Matt Taylor
Europe
Transportation Ministry
Nova
Scotia
America
Michael Findlay
Titanic International Society
New Jersey
Taylor
James Cameron
New York