“Departure of Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura at negotiations for the evasion of an outbreak in war between Japan and the U.S.” While the relations between the U.S and Japan deteriorate, Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, who is on cordial terms with President Roosevelt, leaves the Port of Yokohama aboard the Kamakura-maru for his post as Ambassador to the United States. Photographed in January 1941, at Yokohama. (Provided by Mainichi Newspaper)