Ehime Maru captain leaves Hawaii for Japan

Ehime Maru captain leaves Hawaii for Japan

HONOLULU, United States - Hisao Onishi, captain of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fisheries training ship hit and sunk Feb. 9 by the U.S. submarine Greeneville off Hawaii, is surrounded by reporters Feb. 23 as he leaves a Honolulu hotel. Onishi, who was the last of the rescued crew members still in Hawaii, departed from Honolulu airport to temporarily return home.

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