Keeping the Sea Clean: Japanese Efforts to Recover Oil from Wartime Wrecks in Chuuk, Micronesia

Fukuyama Kazunori, at right, helps unload recovered oil from a wreck. (Courtesy JMAS)

Chuuk historical preservation officer Peter Aten (left) and Chuuk Environmental Agency head Bradford Mori are deeply involved with oil recovery work and awareness campaigns. (© Julian Ryall)

A diver sets up equipment to collect oil from a pocket inside a sunken ship. (Courtesy JMAS)