Yokohama City University

It's like learning history all over again.

A Historian's Insight Professor Kakizaki Ichiro of Yokohama City University was astonished by how all the railway remains had been preserved after decades underwater.

I don't think you'll find any other remains that show so clearly how the tracks were laid out within a station, he says.

Kakazaki's research focuses on military logistics, forced labor and the railway's legacy in Thailand.

Yamanaka, fifty-three, was elected mayor in twenty twenty-one after campaigning against plans to bring an integrated resort featuring a casino to Yokohama.

A former Yokohama City University professor, he pledged to make City Hall more responsive to residents and won re-election in August twenty twenty-five.

The controversy began in January, when a serving senior city official accused Yamanaka of power harassment.

The city subsequently commissioned an independent investigation.

Yamanaka, fifty-three, was elected mayor in twenty twenty-one after campaigning against plans to bring an integrated resort featuring a casino to Yokohama.

A former Yokohama City University professor, he pledged to make City Hall more responsive to residents and won re-election in August twenty twenty-five.

The controversy began in January when a serving senior city official accused Yamanaka of power harassment.

The city subsequently commissioned an independent investigation.