Mu kwezi kwa Ukuboza 1941, nyuma y’igitero cya Japan ku birindiro bya gisirikare bya Amerika i Pearl Harbor, indege y’umupilote w’Umujapani Shigenori Nishikaichi iragwa ku kirwa cya Niʻihau, kiri kure y’ahandi muri Hawaii.

Abaturage baho bamwakiriye neza, nk’uko umuco wabo ubibasaba. Ariko uko amakuru y’igitero cya Pearl Harbor atangira kumenyekana, batangira gushidikanya ku butumwa bwe. Hari bamwe mu baturage bafite inkomoko y’Abayapani batangira kumushyigikira, bigatuma habaho gukemura amakimbirane hagati y’abaturage, gutakaza icyizere, no kwibaza ku ndangagaciro z’ubumuntu.