Okawa visits Kato over ship disaster

Okawa visits Kato over ship disaster

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Earl Okawa (L), executive director of the Japan-America Society in Hawaii, meets with Ehime Gov. Moriyuki Kato (R) at the prefectural government office in Matsuyama on May 31. Okawa told Kato he is grieved over the tragedy of the Ehime Maru, which belonged to Uwajima Fisheries High School in the western Japan prefecture.

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