The man who survived the Titanic On April 15, 1912, Masabumi Hosono survived through the famous ship wreck of Titanic. He was the only Japanese passenger to go on the Titanic and unfortunately, he encountered one of the biggest ship wreck in history. From his experience, we can learn that when you are in a situation where you might lose your life, it is important to make the right decision to survive. Masabumi Hosono was a civil servant working for the Japanese Ministry of Transport. He had been sent to imperial Russia in 1910 to research the Russian state railway system. His journey back to Japan took him first to London, where he stayed for a short time, then to Southampton where he boarded Titanic on 10 April 1912 as a second class passenger.
