A Japanese commemorative album of the Tokyo–London Eurasia flight record, dated 1937

Dim.: 26,3 x 38 cm (the album)

In 1937, the aircraft named “Kamikaze” made a highly publicized flight from Tokyo to London in 94 hours — a major achievement in Japanese aviation. It was a diplomatic and technological publicity effort sponsored by Asahi Shimbun to mark King George VI’s coronation.