On this day in 1954, one of the largest peacetime maritime disasters in history occurred along the Tsugaru Strait. More than 1,100 people lost their lives when the Toya Maru ferry sank off Hakodate during a powerful typhoon. The death toll was only a few hundred fewer than that of the Titanic, ye...
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The finance minister also reiterated her readiness to again support the yen and played down jitters over the recent gains in bond yields.
