The Japanese Hero of the Smyrna Catastrophe

 The Japanese Hero of the Smyrna Catastrophe

“The Japanese at Smyrna: September 1922,” by Stavros T. Stavridis, American Journal of Contemporary Hellenic Issues, Vol. 13, Spring 2022.

“The Memory in a Crisis: A Japanese Ship Helping Out Greek Refugees on the Quay of Smyrna in 1922,” by Nanako Murata-Sawayanagi, HERMES-IR (Institutional Repository of the Hitotsubashi University Institutional Repository (https://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/en/about-2/seika/hermes-ir/), 2017 (accessed through http://academia.edu).

“Reconsidering Narratives and Facts of the Rescue Activities by a Japanese Ship in Smyrna in 1922,” by

Nanako Murata, Bulletin of Toyo University, Department of History, the Faculty of Literature, 2023 (accessed through http://academia.edu).

Ships of Mercy by Christos Papoutsy, Portsmouth NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2008.

Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City by Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, NY: Newmark Press, 1971.

The Martyrdom of Smyrna and Eastern Christendom by Dr. Lysimachos Oeconomos, London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1922.

“Identity Revealed of Tokei Maru Captain Who Rescued 100s in 1922 Catastrophe,” The National Herald, April 13, 2022, https://www.thenationalherald.com/identity-revealed-of-tokei-maru-captain-who-rescued-100s-in-1922-catastrophe/

“The Japanese Ship That Saved Greeks During the Smyrna Catastrophe,” By Tasos Kokkinidis (https://greekreporter.com/author/kokkinidis/), Greek Reporter, September 15, 2025, https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/14/the-japanese-ship-which-saved-hundreds-of-greeks-during-the-smyrna-catastrophe/

“Tokei Maru: A Ship Lost in the Shadow of Time,” By Zachos Samoladas, Neo Kosmos, 22 April 2022, https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/04/22/features/tokei-maru-a-ship-lost-in-the-shadow-of-time/

“17 Sep 1922: The Brave Stance of the Japanese,” by Embros newspaper, translation on Greek Genocide Resource Center Website, https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/bibliography/newspapers/17-sep-1922-the-brave-stance-of-the-japanese-embros?highlight=WyJ0b2tlaS1tYXJ1Il0=

“Commemoration of Japanese Captain, Savor of Smyrna Fire Survivors,” posted by hasmik, japanarmenia.com, February 27, 2021.

“Tokei Maru” animated movie by Zachos Samoladas, available on YouTube.

“Smyrna in 1922: Uncovering the Story of the Japanese Ship,” Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles, 2019.