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U.S. Navy signs deal with kin of 2 Ehime Maru victims

TOKYO, Japan - Richard Evans (2nd from R, front) of the U.S. Navy signs a compensation settlement at the U.S. Embassy on Jan. 31 with the families of two people who died in the sinking of the high school fisheries ship Ehime Maru in a collision with the U.S. submarine Greeneville off Hawaii two years ago. The two were Yusuke Terata, 17, a student at Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture, and Toshimichi Furuya, 47, chief engineer of the Ehime Maru. (Pool photo)

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U.S. Navy explains Ehime Maru collision to kin of victims

TOKYO, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R, front), father of Yusuke Terata, and his wife Masumi (L) walk to a U.S. military facility in Tokyo on Oct. 23 where the U.S. Navy held a meeting for relatives of victims of last year's fatal crash between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville off Hawaii to explain how it happened. Yusuke died in the accident.

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Ehime Maru victim's parents return home with son's ashes

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R) and his wife Masumi (C) arrive at Matsuyama airport in Ehime Prefecture on Nov. 3 with the ashes of their son who perished in the Feb. 9 collision between a fisheries school training ship and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii. Seventeen-year-old Yusuke's body was recovered from the wreckage of the Ehime Maru last month.

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Teratas visit salvage ship Rockwater 2

HONOLULU, United States - Ryosuke Terata and his wife Masumi, parents of Yusuke Terata, one of nine people who went missing in the February collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii, visit the salvage ship Rockwater 2 berthed at Honolulu port Oct. 16. They appreciated U.S. efforts to successfully tow the sunken ship to shallow waters off Hawaii.

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Relatives of Ehime Maru student, teacher arrive in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Ryosuke Terata and his wife Masumi, the parents of student Yusuke Terata who went missing in February's collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii, arrive in Honolulu to observe work to salvage the ship. Four relatives of a missing instructor also arrived at Honolulu International Airport.

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Ehime Maru kin hire lawyers for damages talks

TOKYO, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R), whose student son Yusuke has been missing after the collision of the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru with a U.S. Navy submarine, meets the press in Tokyo with lawyers on May 10. Terata and other relatives of eight of 35 Japanese who were aboard the ship have appointed a group of lawyers to conduct compensation talks with the United States, and may file a lawsuit against it.

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Incumbent Akita Gov. Terata reelected to 2nd term

AKITA, Japan - Incumbent Gov. Sukeshiro Terata, running as an independent in the Akita gubernatorial election, celebrates with supporters April 15 after easily winning reelection in the race by beating two challengers. Terata dealt a stunning blow to the ruling coalition before July's House of Councillors election by beating Kaneyuki Muraoka, a former head of Japan Junior Chamber Inc. and backed by the three coalition parties.

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Tenn. pair hand support letters to Ehime Maru kin

HONOLULU, United States - Dale Long (2nd from L), from the town of Greeneville, Tennessee, shakes hands March 6 with Ryosuke Terata (R), whose 17-year-old student son Yusuke was lost at sea when the fisheries training vessel Ehime Maru went down Feb. 9. Dale and his wife Linda (L) handed letters of support to the relatives of the victims of the tragedy.

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Donations handed to Ehime Maru families

HONOLULU, United States - Earl Okawa, executive director of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii, on March 6 presents donations as a token of sympathy to Ryosuke Terata, representative of the family members of nine Japanese boys and men lost and presumed dead in the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fisheries training ship.

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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.

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U.S. envoy meets with family members of missing Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. William Fallon (2nd from R), special U.S. government envoy to Japan, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley (R), bows as he meets with Mitsunori Nomoto (L) and Ryosuke Terata, family members of some of the nine Japanese missing off Hawaii aboard the Ehime Maru, at the ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 28. Fallon arrived in Tokyo on Feb. 27 to deliver the U.S. president's apology for the Feb. 9 sinking of the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. submarine.

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Ehime Maru victim's parents return home with son's ashes

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R) and his wife Masumi (C) arrive at Matsuyama airport in Ehime Prefecture on Nov. 3 with the ashes of their son who perished in the Feb. 9 collision between a fisheries school training ship and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii. Seventeen-year-old Yusuke's body was recovered from the wreckage of the Ehime Maru last month.

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Japan upper house election

Shizuka Terata, an independent candidate opposed to the central government's plan to deploy a U.S.-developed missile defense system in Akita, northeastern Japan, holds her son in the city after winning a seat in the House of Councillors election on July 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan upper house election

Shizuka Terata, an independent candidate opposed to the central government's plan to deploy a U.S.-developed missile defense system in Akita, northeastern Japan, celebrates in the city after winning her seat in the House of Councillors election on July 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Navy signs deal with kin of 2 Ehime Maru victims

TOKYO, Japan - Richard Evans (2nd from R, front) of the U.S. Navy signs a compensation settlement at the U.S. Embassy on Jan. 31 with the families of two people who died in the sinking of the high school fisheries ship Ehime Maru in a collision with the U.S. submarine Greeneville off Hawaii two years ago. The two were Yusuke Terata, 17, a student at Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture, and Toshimichi Furuya, 47, chief engineer of the Ehime Maru. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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U.S. Navy explains Ehime Maru collision to kin of victims

TOKYO, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R, front), father of Yusuke Terata, and his wife Masumi (L) walk to a U.S. military facility in Tokyo on Oct. 23 where the U.S. Navy held a meeting for relatives of victims of last year's fatal crash between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville off Hawaii to explain how it happened. Yusuke died in the accident. (Kyodo)

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Teratas visit salvage ship Rockwater 2

HONOLULU, United States - Ryosuke Terata and his wife Masumi, parents of Yusuke Terata, one of nine people who went missing in the February collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii, visit the salvage ship Rockwater 2 berthed at Honolulu port Oct. 16. They appreciated U.S. efforts to successfully tow the sunken ship to shallow waters off Hawaii.

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Ehime Maru kin hire lawyers for damages talks

TOKYO, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R), whose student son Yusuke has been missing after the collision of the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru with a U.S. Navy submarine, meets the press in Tokyo with lawyers on May 10. Terata and other relatives of eight of 35 Japanese who were aboard the ship have appointed a group of lawyers to conduct compensation talks with the United States, and may file a lawsuit against it.

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Incumbent Akita Gov. Terata reelected to 2nd term

AKITA, Japan - Incumbent Gov. Sukeshiro Terata, running as an independent in the Akita gubernatorial election, celebrates with supporters April 15 after easily winning reelection in the race by beating two challengers. Terata dealt a stunning blow to the ruling coalition before July's House of Councillors election by beating Kaneyuki Muraoka, a former head of Japan Junior Chamber Inc. and backed by the three coalition parties.

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Tenn. pair hand support letters to Ehime Maru kin

HONOLULU, United States - Dale Long (2nd from L), from the town of Greeneville, Tennessee, shakes hands March 6 with Ryosuke Terata (R), whose 17-year-old student son Yusuke was lost at sea when the fisheries training vessel Ehime Maru went down Feb. 9. Dale and his wife Linda (L) handed letters of support to the relatives of the victims of the tragedy.

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Donations handed to Ehime Maru families

HONOLULU, United States - Earl Okawa, executive director of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii, on March 6 presents donations as a token of sympathy to Ryosuke Terata, representative of the family members of nine Japanese boys and men lost and presumed dead in the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fisheries training ship.

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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.

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U.S. envoy meets with family members of missing Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. William Fallon (2nd from R), special U.S. government envoy to Japan, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley (R), bows as he meets with Mitsunori Nomoto (L) and Ryosuke Terata, family members of some of the nine Japanese missing off Hawaii aboard the Ehime Maru, at the ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 28. Fallon arrived in Tokyo on Feb. 27 to deliver the U.S. president's apology for the Feb. 9 sinking of the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. submarine.