In the faraway land of sci.lang.japan, Steve Sundberg
<deejayREMOVE@THISmm.com> said:
>Remember, too, that many of Japan's early capital warships were
>constructed in British shipyards (the last one, the battlecruiser
>Kongo, was launched in 1913) and that the IJN based many of its
>practices on those found in Royal Navy.

Presumably this also the origin of the ubiquitous sailor suits that
Japan has become famous for.

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