Commander of U.S. Navy in Japan meets with reporters

Commander of U.S. Navy in Japan meets with reporters

UWAJIMA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (L), the commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, speaks at a press conference June 16 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. Chaplin said the U.S. Navy is confident that the salvage of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship, which sank Feb. 9 in a collision with a U.S. Navy submarine, will be successful.

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