MSDF Aegis destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

MSDF Aegis destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

KATSUURA, Japan - Women pray for fishermen Haruo Kichisei and his son Tetsuhiro, who went missing after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer with the advanced Aegis radar system collided with the small fishing boat they were working on Feb. 19 in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba Prefecture. The boat capsized.

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