Hochi Shimbun

Junkers W.33

The airplane departed Sabishiro Beach on a transpacific flight to the US with three people on board. It crashed into the Pacific Ocean and was lost without trace.

Junkers A.50

The pilot Seiji Yoshihara was attempting a second non stop flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles on this single engine aircraft owned by Hochi Shimbun. While flying off Nemuro, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Nemuro Bay. While the pilot was rescued seven hours later, the aircraft sank and was lost. A first attempt to cross the north Atlantic ocean from Tokyo to Los Angeles failed last 14 of May when the aircraft crashed into the sea some 40 miles off the Kurile Islands.