U.S. Navy explains Ehime Maru collision to kin of victims

U.S. Navy explains Ehime Maru collision to kin of victims

TOKYO, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R, front), father of Yusuke Terata, and his wife Masumi (L) walk to a U.S. military facility in Tokyo on Oct. 23 where the U.S. Navy held a meeting for relatives of victims of last year's fatal crash between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville off Hawaii to explain how it happened. Yusuke died in the accident. (Kyodo)

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