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Destroyer-boat collision case

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the stern of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru (front), after a collision with the Aegis destroyer Atago (back) of the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Pacific just outside Tokyo Bay in February 2008. Seen in the middle is a patrol boat of the Japan Coast Guard. The Tokyo High Court upheld on June 11, 2013, a lower court acquittal of two MSDF sailors over the collision that killed two fishermen.

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SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2008 shows the fishing boat Seitoku Maru (front) after it collided with the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago (back), with a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat in between the two vessels, in the Pacific Ocean off Chiba Prefecture. Two MSDF officers were acquitted by the Yokohama District Court on May 11, 2011, over the collision that killed two fishermen.

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Destroyer primary cause of collision with boat: tribunal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the bow (in front) of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifting in the Pacific off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19, 2008, after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing. The Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal on Jan. 22 determined that the destroyer was the main cause of the collision.

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Destroyer primary cause of collision with boat: tribunal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato (R), then the skipper of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago, and others involved in the case of a fatal collision between the destroyer and fishing boat Seitoku Maru in February last year attend a Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal session on Jan. 22. The tribunal determined that the destroyer was the main cause of the collision off Chiba Prefecture.

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Inquiry for Aegis destroyer's collision with fishing boat starts

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato (R in front), former captain of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago, attends the first session of the inquiry at the Yokohama Marine Accident Inquiry Agency over the destroyer's fatal collision with a small fishing boat, Seitoku Maru, off Chiba Prefecture in February. Two fishermen on the fishing boat were killed in the collision. (Pool photo)

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Inquiry for Aegis destroyer's collision with fishing boat starts

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato, former captain of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago, attends the first session of the inquiry at the Yokohama Marine Accident Inquiry Agency over the destroyer's fatal collision with a small fishing boat, Seitoku Maru, off Chiba Prefecture in February. Two fishermen on the fishing boat were killed in the collision.

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Coast Guard to reenact collision of Atago, fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago sails off Cape Nojimazaki, the southernmost tip of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, on April 16 as the Japan Coast Guard reenacts a collision between the Atago and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru on Feb. 19.

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Relatives of missing fishermen visit accident site

CHIBA, Japan - The families and relatives of two fishermen, who went missing after their boat collided with a Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis-equipped destroyer, visit the accident site in the Pacific off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 23. Some 30 relatives of Haruo Kichisei, 58, and his 23-year-old son Tetsuhiro of the 7.3-ton Seitoku Maru visited the site.

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Defense chief Ishiba apologizes in missing fishermen's hometown

KATSUURA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (standing) meets with fishery workers at an office of a local fisheries cooperative in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 21 to brief them on the collision between the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru. Two fishermen -- a father and son -- aboard the boat belonging to the cooperative went missing after the collision on Feb. 19. (Pool photo)

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Defense chief Ishiba apologizes in missing fishermen's hometown

KATSUURA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) bows in apology to Eitaro Geki (L), head of a local fisheries cooperative in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, at the cooperative's offices there on Feb. 21. Two fishermen -- a father and son -- aboard the 7.3-ton tuna fishing boat Seitoku Maru belonging to the cooperative went missing Feb. 19 after the boat collided with the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped destroyer Atago. (Pool photo)

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials prepare to go on board the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago berthed at the MSDF Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21 for investigations into the Feb. 18 collision between the Aegis advanced defense system-equipped vessel and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru in the Pacific just off the coast of Chiba Prefecture.

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials check the wreckage of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru, cut in half in a collision with the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago, at the MSDF Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21. Coast Guard investigators suspect that the Atago could have neglected to take action to avoid the collision when it had a sufficient margin of time as provided for under the Law for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The stern section of the Japanese fishing boat Seitoku Maru is landed at the Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21. The boat was cut completely in half in a collision with the MSDF destroyer Atago on Feb. 18. Japan Coast Guard investigators suspect that the Atago could have neglected to take action to avoid the collision when it had a sufficient margin of time as provided for under the Law for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TATEYAMA, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru which collided with the Japanese destroyer Atago off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 are lifted to the deck of a support vessel on Feb. 20. Coast Guard investigators will examine the wreckage to help determine the cause of the accident. Two fishermen -- father and son -- on board the Setoku Maru remain missing.

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - The stern of the 15-meter long fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifts in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing.

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - The bow of the 15-meter long fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifts in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing.

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Feb. 19 after Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago collided with the fishing boat Seitoku Maru in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing after the collision.

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Agency's destroyer Atago is spotted in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it collided with the fishing boat Seitoku Maru. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing after the collision.

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Inquiry for Aegis destroyer's collision with fishing boat starts

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato (R in front), former captain of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago, attends the first session of the inquiry at the Yokohama Marine Accident Inquiry Agency over the destroyer's fatal collision with a small fishing boat, Seitoku Maru, off Chiba Prefecture in February. Two fishermen on the fishing boat were killed in the collision. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Inquiry for Aegis destroyer's collision with fishing boat starts

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato, former captain of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago, attends the first session of the inquiry at the Yokohama Marine Accident Inquiry Agency over the destroyer's fatal collision with a small fishing boat, Seitoku Maru, off Chiba Prefecture in February. Two fishermen on the fishing boat were killed in the collision. (Kyodo)

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Coast Guard to reenact collision of Atago, fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago sails off Cape Nojimazaki, the southernmost tip of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, on April 16 as the Japan Coast Guard reenacts a collision between the Atago and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Part of fishing boat found near site of collision with destroyer

TOKYO, Japan - A part bearing an inspection number, believed to be from the wheelhouse of the Seitoku Maru, was found off Chiba Prefecture on March 4 by an oceanographic vessel. The fishing boat sank after colliding with a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer off the prefecture last month. Photo released by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (Kyodo)

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Part of fishing boat found near site of collision with destroyer

TOKYO, Japan - A part believed to be from the wheelhouse of the Seitoku Maru was found on March 4 by an oceanographic vessel near the site where the fishing boat collided with a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer off Chiba Prefecture last month. The fishing boat sank after the collision and the two fishermen aboard the vessel remain missing. Photo released by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (Kyodo)

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Relatives of missing fishermen visit accident site

CHIBA, Japan - The families and relatives of two fishermen, who went missing after their boat collided with a Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis-equipped destroyer, visit the accident site in the Pacific off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 23. Some 30 relatives of Haruo Kichisei, 58, and his 23-year-old son Tetsuhiro of the 7.3-ton Seitoku Maru visited the site. (Kyodo)

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Defense chief Ishiba apologizes in missing fishermen's hometown

KATSUURA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) bows in apology to Eitaro Geki (L), head of a local fisheries cooperative in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, at the cooperative's offices there on Feb. 21. Two fishermen -- a father and son -- aboard the 7.3-ton tuna fishing boat Seitoku Maru belonging to the cooperative went missing Feb. 19 after the boat collided with the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped destroyer Atago. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Defense chief Ishiba apologizes in missing fishermen's hometown

KATSUURA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (standing) meets with fishery workers at an office of a local fisheries cooperative in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 21 to brief them on the collision between the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru. Two fishermen -- a father and son -- aboard the boat belonging to the cooperative went missing after the collision on Feb. 19. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before coll

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials prepare to go on board the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago berthed at the MSDF Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21 for investigations into the Feb. 18 collision between the Aegis advanced defense system-equipped vessel and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru in the Pacific just off the coast of Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before coll

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The stern section of the Japanese fishing boat Seitoku Maru is landed at the Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21. The boat was cut completely in half in a collision with the MSDF destroyer Atago on Feb. 18. Japan Coast Guard investigators suspect that the Atago could have neglected to take action to avoid the collision when it had a sufficient margin of time as provided for under the Law for Preventing Collisions at Sea. (Kyodo)

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TATEYAMA, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru which collided with the Japanese destroyer Atago off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 are lifted to the deck of a support vessel on Feb. 20. Coast Guard investigators will examine the wreckage to help determine the cause of the accident. Two fishermen -- father and son -- on board the Setoku Maru remain missing. (Kyodo)

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems. (Kyodo)

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before coll

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials check the wreckage of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru, cut in half in a collision with the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago, at the MSDF Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21. Coast Guard investigators suspect that the Atago could have neglected to take action to avoid the collision when it had a sufficient margin of time as provided for under the Law for Preventing Collisions at Sea. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Feb. 19 after Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago collided with the fishing boat Seitoku Maru in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing after the collision. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - The bow of the 15-meter long fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifts in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - The stern of the 15-meter long fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifts in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Agency's destroyer Atago is spotted in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it collided with the fishing boat Seitoku Maru. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing after the collision. (Kyodo)

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Destroyer primary cause of collision with boat: tribunal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato, then the skipper of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago involved in a fatal collision with fishing boat Seitoku Maru in February last year, offers an apology during a news conference at the Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal on Jan. 22. He made the apology after the tribunal determined that the destroyer was the main cause of the collision off Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Destroyer primary cause of collision with boat: tribunal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the bow (in front) of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifting in the Pacific off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19, 2008, after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing. The Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal on Jan. 22 determined that the destroyer was the main cause of the collision. (Kyodo)

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Destroyer primary cause of collision with boat: tribunal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato (R), then the skipper of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago, and others involved in the case of a fatal collision between the destroyer and fishing boat Seitoku Maru in February last year attend a Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal session on Jan. 22. The tribunal determined that the destroyer was the main cause of the collision off Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2008 shows the fishing boat Seitoku Maru (front) after it collided with the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago (back), with a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat in between the two vessels, in the Pacific Ocean off Chiba Prefecture. Two MSDF officers were acquitted by the Yokohama District Court on May 11, 2011, over the collision that killed two fishermen. (Kyodo)

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SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force officers Tomohisa Nagaiwa (R) and Keitaro Ushirogata arrive at the Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 11, 2011, for a ruling on a 2008 collision between the MSDF destroyer Atago and the small fishing boat Seitoku Maru off Chiba Prefecture that killed two fishermen. The two men, who were officers of the watch at the time of the accident, were acquitted. (Kyodo)