Complex sentence: In the mid- 1970s Spurr returned to the Far East again, this time as a writer for the "Far Eastern Economic Review", and he began conducting interviews with former Japanese naval commanders about "Yamato", and survivors of the battleship's last mission.
Split into simpler sentences: In the mid- 1970s Spurr returned to the Far East again, this time as a writer for the "Far Eastern Economic Review". He began conducting interviews about "Yamato" with former Japanese naval commanders and survivors of the battleship's last mission.