Search continues for missing fishermen

KATSUURA, Japan - Friends and relatives of Haruo Kichisei, 58, and his son Tetsuhito, 23, who went missing Feb. 19 after their fishing boat was hit by a Japanese destroyer, gather at the Kawatsu fishing port in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, Feb. 20 to pray for their safe return. The Japan Coast Guard continued searching for the pair in the Pacific off the Chiba coast Feb. 20.

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