“No Special Attacks” Author Sakai Katsuhiko on Naval Officer Minobe Tadashi

Tokkō sezu: Minobe Tadashi no shōgai (No Special Attacks: The Life and Times of Minobe Tadashi), written by Sakai Katsuhiko, was published by Hōjōsha in August 2017.

Fuyō Butai members pose for a commemorative photo at the Iwagawa base on July 5, 1945. Lieutenant Commander Minobe Tadashi is wearing white at center in the second row. (Courtesy of former Fuyō Butai member Tsuboi Harutaka; © Jiji)

Sakai Katsuhiko at the Nippon.com office in Toranomon, Tokyo, on June 5, 2020.