This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.
The description on its file description page there is shown below.
English: Japanese Aircraft Carrier Hiyo, sister ship of Junyo, sunk at the battle of the Phillipine Sea, June 1944
Source: http://www.geocities.com/jwarship/Hiyo.html, no copyright claimed. The clarity of the shot and the closeness to the ship makes it difficult to believe the photographer was not Japanese, and so it is safe to conclude this falls under Japanese old photograph 50 year rule.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This photograph is in the public domain in Japan because its copyright has expired according to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan (English translation) and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970. This is when the photograph meets one of the following conditions:
To uploader: Please provide the source and publication date.
If the photograph was also published in the United States within 30 days after publication in Japan, it might be copyrighted. If the copyright has not expired in the U.S, this file will be deleted. See Commons:Hirtle chart.
This template should not be used for a faithful photographic reproduction of an artwork. Under Article 23 of the former Copyright Act, its protection will be consistent with the artwork. See also Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag.