Japanese victims, U.S. Navy sign collision settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawyer Morio Hatakeyama (L, front) and U.S. Navy Capt. Richard Evans shake hands at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Nov. 14 after signing documents to settle the collision off Hawaii last year between the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville and the Ehime Maru from Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture. Hatakeyama heads a group of lawyers representing 26 survivors and the bereaved families of seven victims. (Pool photo)

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