Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'ọnwa Mee afọ 1944, Asakura gbagoro n'ọkwa onye isi ndị agha na "Musashi" hapụrụ Kure maka Okinawa na 10 Mee, wee gaa Tawi-Tawi na 12 Mee. E kenyere ya na 1st Mobile Fleet, n'okpuru iwu nke Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa, ya na nwanne ya nwanyị. N'ụbọchị iri nke ọnwa Juun, ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri ahụ hapụrụ Tawi-Tawi maka Batjan n'okpuru iwu nke Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki, na nkwadebe maka Operation Kon, atụmatụ a na-eme atụmatụ megide mbuso agha ndị America nke Biak
Ọ dị mma. Ụbọchị abụọ ka e mesịrị, mgbe Ugaki nụrụ na ndị America na-awakpo Saipan, a kpọgara ndị agha ya n'Agwaetiti Mariana. Mgbe ha zutere ndị isi ike Ozawa na June 16, e kenyere ndị agha agha na Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita nke abụọ. N'oge Agha Oké Osimiri Philippine, "Musashi" abụghị onye a wakporo. Mgbe Japan meriri n'agha ahụ (nke a makwaara dị ka "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"), ụgbọ mmiri nke abụọ laghachiri Japan. Na July 8, "Musashi" na nwanne ya nwanyị banyere ndị agha 3,522 na akụrụngwa nke ndị agha 106th Infantry Regiment nke 49th Infantry Division wee banye ụgbọ mmiri gaa Lingga Island, ebe ha rutere na July 17.