Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi speaks to a Kyodo News reporter on Feb. 9, 2010, in Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, where a ninth-year memorial ceremony was held for the nine Japanese who died in a collision between Japanese fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in the waters off Hawaii. Mizuguchi lost his 17-year-old son, Takeshi, in the accident.

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

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.

New pictures stir memories of Hawaii training boat tragedy

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.

Memorial ceremony held for fatal sinking of Japanese ship

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.

Relatives of sub collision victims meet reporters

Relatives of sub collision victims meet reporters

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi (L), Miyako Sakashima (C), and Ryosuke Terata -- family members of some of the nine Japanese who went missing following the Feb. 9 collision between the U.S. submarine Greeneville and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii -- meet the press in Honolulu on March 5 after the end of the first day of the U.S. Navy's Court of Inquiry. Relatives of the missing were allocated six of the 54 spectator seats at the inquiry which is looking into the collision.

2 relatives of missing Japanese leave Honolulu for home

2 relatives of missing Japanese leave Honolulu for home

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi (R), father of Takashi Mizuguchi, 17, a student of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture, and Satsuko Izumi (L), aunt of chief engineer Toshimichi Furuya, 47, depart from Honolulu airport on Feb. 16 to Japan after spending six days in Honolulu. Taksahi Mizuguchi and Furuya are among nine Japanese missing following a collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and U.S. submarine Greeneville off Oahu Island on Feb. 9.

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

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)

New pictures stir memories of Hawaii training boat tragedy

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)

Memorial ceremony held for fatal sinking of Japanese ship

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)

Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi speaks to a Kyodo News reporter on Feb. 9, 2010, in Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, where a ninth-year memorial ceremony was held for the nine Japanese who died in a collision between Japanese fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in the waters off Hawaii. Mizuguchi lost his 17-year-old son, Takeshi, in the accident. (Kyodo)

18th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision

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

Relatives of sub collision victims meet reporters

Relatives of sub collision victims meet reporters

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi (L), Miyako Sakashima (C), and Ryosuke Terata -- family members of some of the nine Japanese who went missing following the Feb. 9 collision between the U.S. submarine Greeneville and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii -- meet the press in Honolulu on March 5 after the end of the first day of the U.S. Navy's Court of Inquiry. Relatives of the missing were allocated six of the 54 spectator seats at the inquiry which is looking into the collision.

2 relatives of missing Japanese leave Honolulu for home

2 relatives of missing Japanese leave Honolulu for home

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi (R), father of Takashi Mizuguchi, 17, a student of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture, and Satsuko Izumi (L), aunt of chief engineer Toshimichi Furuya, 47, depart from Honolulu airport on Feb. 16 to Japan after spending six days in Honolulu. Taksahi Mizuguchi and Furuya are among nine Japanese missing following a collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and U.S. submarine Greeneville off Oahu Island on Feb. 9.