Kin of Ehime Maru victims visit search area, shown belongings

Kin of Ehime Maru victims visit search area, shown belongings

HONOLULU, United States - Relatives of nine people lost at sea in the Feb. 9 sinking of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru throw bouquets on Oct. 23 into the sea where U.S. Navy divers are searching the vessel. The Japanese Foreign Ministry chartered a ship to take the relatives to the site off the Honolulu airport that the Ehime Maru was moved to after being raised from the seabed.

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