Kin of Ehime Maru victims want monument built in Hawaii

Kin of Ehime Maru victims want monument built in Hawaii

TOKYO, Japan - Ehime Gov. Moriyuki Kato (R) bows to Foreign Minister Yohei Kono when he visits the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 13. Kato conveyed to Kono the wishes of the families of victims of the Feb. 9 sinking of a Japanese ship by a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii that a monument be built in the U.S. state in memory of the nine lost at sea.

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