U.S. envoy hands apology to Mori over ship collision

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. William Fallon (C), a special envoy from Washington, is about to shake hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) prior to their talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27. Fallon, vice chief of operations in the U.S. Navy, handed to Mori an apology from U.S. President George W. Bush for the sinking of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school training ship, by a U.S. submarine off Hawaii on Feb. 9. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley is at the left.

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