The only Japanese survivor of the Titanic was branded a coward in Japan!

The only Japanese survivor of the Titanic was branded a coward in Japan!

Masabumi Hosono was the only Japanese person aboard the Titanic. He was a civil servant working for the Japanese Ministry of Transport.

He was on a mission to Russia and London. It was there that he boarded the Titanic as a second-class passenger.

A steward woke him up after the Titanic had already hit the iceberg. He made his way to the deck, where he saw in dismay how lifeboats were running out.

One of the last boats had room for two more people. He made his way to San Francisco, where he was dubbed the "Lucky Japanese Boy."

Back at Japan, the man temporarily lost his job and was condemned as a coward by the press. School textbooks described him as dishonorable and immoral. This is because people in Japan thought he was betraying the Samurai spirit of self-sacrifice.

People thought he should have gone down with the ship. The man lived the rest of his life in shame, and his bad image haunted his family for years to come.

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