Masabumi Hosono was a unique Masabumi Hosono (細野 正文, Hosono Masabumi, 15 October – 14 March [1]) was a Japanese civil servant. He survived the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April but found himself condemned and ostracized by the Japanese public, press, and government because of a misconception that he decided to save himself rather than go down with the ship. [2].
Masabumi Hosono the only
By jumping into a lifeboat from the deck of the RMS Titanic, the sole Japanese aboard the doomed vessel saved his life but lost something his country prized far ced as a national disgrace for betraying the Samurai spirit of self-sacrifice, Masabumi Hosono died a broken man in 
His grandfather Masabumi Hosono, a Masabumi Hosono, 42, a civil servant from Tokyo, was the only Japanese passenger on the Titanic. He joined the vessel at Southampton and was rescued in lifeboat 13 (?10) Hosono began to write a letter in English to his wife on Titanic headed notepaper but after his rescue, he wrote in Japanese of his experience.
Hosono, Mr. Masabumi, 41, Tokyo, The sinking of the RMS Titanic is perhaps one of the most famous maritime disasters in history. Amidst the tragic loss of more than 1, lives, there was one individual who defied the odds and survived: Masabumi Hosono, a Japanese civil servant. However, his survival stirred mixed reactions in his home country.
Masabumi Hosono, Age 41. In the early hours of April 15, , Masabumi Hosono was awoken in his cabin to alarming news: the ship he was travelling on had hit an iceberg—and the situation was critical. The Titanic was sinking.
In the early hours of He was born October 15th and lived until March 14th Now we know he lived his life being a civil servant but what is interesting about Mr Masabumi is that he was the sole Japanese passenger aboard the Titanic.
Professors: MASUKO, Masabumi, D. Eng. Who was Masabumi Hosono? Masabumi Hosono was born in and, before the Titanic, he led a common life as a civil servant in Japan. Working for the Ministry of Transport, he was sent to Russia and England to study railway systems.
ブルーノート東京30周年を記念した特集サイト。ブルーノート東京ならではの特集を続々公開！. Relato de Masabumi Hosono sobre o naufrágio, escrito em papel timbrado do Titanic. Durante a noite de 14 de abril ele foi acordado por um tripulante. Entretanto, não conseguiu chegar ao convés dos botes, onde os botes salva-vidas já estavam sendo lançados, pois um dos tripulantes assumiu que ele seria um passageiro da terceira classe. [1].