Kichisaburō Nomura was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was the ambassador to the United States at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Kichisaburō Nomura
Kichisaburō Nomura after Hongkew Park Bombing
Nomura meets the press after he had been appointed as Foreign Minister (26 September 1939)
Ambassador Nomura presents his credentials to President Roosevelt at White House (14 February 1941)
Tokiwa (常盤) was the second and last Asama-class armored cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. As Japan lacked the industrial capacity to build such warships herself, the ship was built in Britain. She played minor roles in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and World War I, but was very active during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05 where she participated in the Battle of Port Arthur, the Battle off Ulsan, and the Battle of Tsushima. After the war she was sometimes used as a training ship for naval cadets.
Tokiwa in 1905
Tokiwa anchored in 1904
At anchor in a 1905 postcard
Japanese postcard of Tokiwa at speed, circa 1905