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JAPAN: Taisho, 1912-1926, AE medal (131.72g), year 14 (1925), AU

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JAPAN: Taisho, 1912-1926, AE medal (131.72g), year 14 (1925), AU
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JAPAN: Taisho, 1912-1926, AE medal (131.72g), year 14 (1925), 61mm bronze medal by Shobido for the Osaka Asahi Shimbun (Osaka Asahi Newspaper) commemorating the First Successful Flight between Japan and Europe; Japanese text reading "Successful Flight to Europe Commemorative" and "Taisho Year 14" above the airplanes Hatsukaze and Kochikaze, rising sun in the background // English inscription at the top reads "IN MEMORY OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TO EUROPE 1925" over map of route and schedule in central rectangular section, with THE ASAHI SHIMBUN SHA below identifying the Japanese newspaper company that sponsored the historic flight, with various national flags in outer margin, AU

On July 25, 1925, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper sponsored the first major Japanese aviation flight from Tokyo to Europe. Two Breguet 19 French bi-planes, named Hatsukaze (First Wind) and Kochikaze (East Wind), traveled via Siberia to major European cities, arriving in Rome on October 27, 1925, after 111 flying hours. The aircraft were flown by Yoshihiko Abe and Hiroshi Kawachi, with engineers Shunichiro Shinohara and Shohei Katagiri. The flight covered roughly 16,565 kilometers over 10,000 miles.