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24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2025, shows a cenotaph built in Hawaii's Honolulu in memory of those killed in a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Japan's Ehime Prefecture and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members exactly 24 years earlier.

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24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

Fumiaki Okahara, mayor of Uwajima, a western Japan city, prays at a memorial ceremony held in Hawaii's Honolulu on Feb. 9, 2025, to mark the 24th anniversary of a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Uwajima Fisheries High School and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members.

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Etsuko Takano dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2001 shows Etsuko Takano, general manager of Iwanami Hall, a Tokyo movie theater famous for screenings of foreign art films. Takano died of colon cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 9, 2013, the 45th anniversary of the founding of Iwanami Hall. She was 83 years old.

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Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

CARY, United States - Scott Waddle, a former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville that was involved in a collision with the Japanese fisheries school boat Ehime Maru, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Cary, North Carolina, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Feb. 9, 2001, collision off Hawaii killed nine people on the Ehime Maru -- four middle school students, two teachers and three crew members.

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Memorials in Japan, Hawaii mark 8th anniv. of Ehime Maru disaster

HONOLULU, United States - People lay flowers at a monument dedicated to the nine victims of a Feb. 9, 2001 fatal collision between a Japanese fishing training boat, the Ehime Maru, and a U.S. submarine, the Greeneville, during a ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary of the accident, at Kaka'ako Waterfront Park in Honolulu on Feb. 9. Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi, who lost his 17-year-old son Takeshi in the accident, said, ''I really appreciate so many people attending the ceremony every year.'' The monument was built using the Ehime Maru's anchor.

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New pictures stir memories of Hawaii training boat tragedy

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi recounts memories of his son Takeshi who was killed in a collision between the Japanese fisheries training boat Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville in Hawaii on Feb. 9, 2001, during an interview with Kyodo News in Honolulu on Feb. 8. Mizuguchi, sitting beside a photo of Takeshi, newly released snapshots and videos which were restored from Takeshi's digital camera. Mizuguchi's son is the only victim whose body remains missing in the accident, which killed nine including Takeshi and three other students of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture.

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Memorial ceremony held to mark 7th anniversary of Ehime Maru sinking

HONOLULU, United States - People lay flowers during a ceremony held at Kakaaka Waterfront Park in Honolulu on Feb. 9 to mark the seventh anniversary of the 2001 sinking of a fisheries high school training ship by the U.S. submarine Greeneville in waters off Hawaii, in which nine people died.

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Memorial ceremony held for fatal sinking of Japanese ship

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi, the father of Takeshi, one of the nine Japanese students and crew who perished in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. submarine off the Hawaiian island of Oahu, addresses a memorial ceremony at a waterfront park near Honolulu on Feb. 9.

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Relatives pray for Ehime Maru victims in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Thirteen relatives of three people who died in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in waters off Hawaii pray for the victims at a memorial in the Kaka'ako seaside park on Oahu Island on Feb. 9 in a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the sinking.

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Relatives mark 4th anniversary of Ehime Maru sinking

HAWAII, United States - Relatives of the victims in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii pay tribute Feb. 9 in front of a monument at a seaside park near the accident site. The 499-ton ship sank after being struck from below by the 6,080-ton U.S. nuclear submarine Greeneville during a rapid-surfacing demonstration.

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Requiem for 9 Ehime Maru victims performed at concert

UWAJIMA, Japan - A requiem for nine people who died when the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru sank Feb. 9, 2001 after being struck by a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii is performed at a concert on Feb. 16 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. The requiem by Japanese composer Shigeaki Saegusa titled ''Kibokai'' (ocean of hope) was performed by a choir comprising politicians and cultural figures.

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Kyosuke Tamai

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Kyosuke Tamai, a graduate of Uwajima Fisheries High School, wrote the lyrics of a requiem for the nine people who died in the collision between the U.S. submarine Greeneville and Ehime Maru off Hawaii on Feb. 9, 2001.

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Relatives mark 4th anniversary of Ehime Maru sinking

HAWAII, United States - Relatives of the victims in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii pay tribute Feb. 9 in front of a monument at a seaside park near the accident site. The 499-ton ship sank after being struck from below by the 6,080-ton U.S. nuclear submarine Greeneville during a rapid-surfacing demonstration. (Kyodo)

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Takeshi Mizuguchi, a victim of U.S. submarine fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Mizuguchi, 17, a victim of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery training ship and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9, 2001

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Hiroshi Makizawa, a victim of U.S. submarine fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Makizawa, 37, a victim of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery training ship and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9, 2001

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Jun Nakata, a victim of U.S. submarine fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Nakata, 33, a victim of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery training ship and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9, 2001

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Yusuke Terada, a victim of U.S. submarine fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Yusuke Terada, 17, a victim of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery training ship and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9, 2001

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Toshimichi Furuya, a victim of U.S. submarine fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Toshimichi Furuya, 47, a victim of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery training ship and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9, 2001

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Toshiya Sakashima, a victim of U.S. submarine fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiya Sakashima, 17, a victim of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery training ship and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9, 2001

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Katsuya Nomoto, a victim of U.S. submarine fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Nomoto, 17, a victim of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery training ship and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9, 2001

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Hirotaka Segawa, a victim of U.S. submarine fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Hirotaka Segawa, 60, a victim of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery training ship and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9, 2001

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20th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision

A memorial ceremony is held in Hawaii's Honolulu on Feb. 9, 2021, to mark the 20th anniversary of a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Japan's Uwajima Fisheries High School and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members.

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20th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision

A memorial ceremony is held in Hawaii's Honolulu on Feb. 9, 2021, to mark the 20th anniversary of a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Japan's Uwajima Fisheries High School and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members.

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Memorials in Japan, Hawaii mark 8th anniv. of Ehime Maru disaster

HONOLULU, United States - People lay flowers at a monument dedicated to the nine victims of a Feb. 9, 2001 fatal collision between a Japanese fishing training boat, the Ehime Maru, and a U.S. submarine, the Greeneville, during a ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary of the accident, at Kaka'ako Waterfront Park in Honolulu on Feb. 9. Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi, who lost his 17-year-old son Takeshi in the accident, said, ''I really appreciate so many people attending the ceremony every year.'' The monument was built using the Ehime Maru's anchor. (Kyodo)

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New pictures stir memories of Hawaii training boat tragedy

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi recounts memories of his son Takeshi who was killed in a collision between the Japanese fisheries training boat Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville in Hawaii on Feb. 9, 2001, during an interview with Kyodo News in Honolulu on Feb. 8. Mizuguchi, sitting beside a photo of Takeshi, newly released snapshots and videos which were restored from Takeshi's digital camera. Mizuguchi's son is the only victim whose body remains missing in the accident, which killed nine including Takeshi and three other students of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Memorial ceremony held to mark 7th anniversary of Ehime Maru sin

HONOLULU, United States - People lay flowers during a ceremony held at Kakaaka Waterfront Park in Honolulu on Feb. 9 to mark the seventh anniversary of the 2001 sinking of a fisheries high school training ship by the U.S. submarine Greeneville in waters off Hawaii, in which nine people died. (Kyodo)

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Memorial ceremony held for fatal sinking of Japanese ship

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi, the father of Takeshi, one of the nine Japanese students and crew who perished in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. submarine off the Hawaiian island of Oahu, addresses a memorial ceremony at a waterfront park near Honolulu on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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Relatives pray for Ehime Maru victims in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Thirteen relatives of three people who died in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in waters off Hawaii pray for the victims at a memorial in the Kaka'ako seaside park on Oahu Island on Feb. 9 in a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the sinking. (Kyodo)

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Requiem for 9 Ehime Maru victims performed at concert

UWAJIMA, Japan - A requiem for nine people who died when the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru sank Feb. 9, 2001 after being struck by a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii is performed at a concert on Feb. 16 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. The requiem by Japanese composer Shigeaki Saegusa titled ''Kibokai'' (ocean of hope) was performed by a choir comprising politicians and cultural figures.

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Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

CARY, United States - Scott Waddle, a former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville that was involved in a collision with the Japanese fisheries school boat Ehime Maru, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Cary, North Carolina, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Feb. 9, 2001, collision off Hawaii killed nine people on the Ehime Maru -- four middle school students, two teachers and three crew members. (Kyodo)

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18th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision

Relatives of the victims of a fatal collision between a Japanese fishery high school's training boat Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001 attend a memorial ceremony in Honolulu on Feb. 9, 2019, to mark the 18th anniversary of the accident. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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18th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision

Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi (far L), whose son was killed in a fatal collision between his high school's training boat Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001 offer flowers at a cenotaph in Honolulu on Feb. 9, 2019, the 18th anniversary of the tragedy. His son Takeshi's body is the only one out of the nine victims that was not found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo