Ehime, Hawaii become sister states

Ehime, Hawaii become sister states

HONOLULU, United States - Ehime Gov. Moriyuki Kato (R) and Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle sign an agreement in Honolulu on Nov. 21 to become sister states, with the hopes of deepening exchanges after the fatal accident in 2001 when a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine struck a Japanese fisheries training ship off Hawaii.

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