Japanese cruiser Soya name was taken from the northernmost cape of Hokkaidō, Soya Misaki. After being placed into Japanese service as a 3rd class cruiser, "Soya" was used primarily for training duties. From 14 March 1909 to 7 August 1909, it made a long distance navigational and officer cadet training cruise to Hawaii and North America. It repeated this training cruise every year until 1913. During World War I Russia and Japan became allies and "Soya" (along with several other vessels) was transferred back to Russia at Vladivostok on 5 April 1916, and its original name of "Varyag" restored. Japanese cruiser Soya "Varyag"
Carl Erik Soya ("The Parasites"), which was later produced at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1945. Soya was the first Danish dramatist to attack fascism when he wrote the satirical farce "Umbabumba skifter forfatning"(Umbabumba changes its Constitution) in 1935. Then during World War II, in 1942, he wrote "En Gæst" ("A Guest") another sharp satire aimed against the German occupation of Denmark, for which he received a 60-day prison sentence. In 1943, he continued his attack with the satire "Min Farmors Hus" (made into the 1984 film "Grandmother's House"), and again Soya was sent to prison by the German authorities. After his release