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The Rome–Tokyo Raid (Italian: Raid Roma-Tokyo) was an Italian long-distance air expedition across Eurasia between 14 February and 31 May 1920.

It was organised by Gabriele D'Annunzio and Harukichi Shimoi and completed by the aviators Guido Masiero and Arturo Ferrarin together with their respective engineers Roberto Maretto and Gino Capannini.

Origin of the idea

Gabriele D'Annunzio conceived the idea of the Rome–Tokyo Raid in March 1919:^[1] it was born from his meeting during the First World War with the Japanese poet Harukichi Shimoi, who had enlisted in the Arditi.^[2][3][4][5] D’Annunzio, a veteran of the Flight over Vienna, originally intended to undertake the expedition himself and for this reason he was helped and supported by the Italian government, which saw it as a possible means of distracting him from the Fiume adventure.^[1][5]

As it turned out, D'Annunzio, was not distracte