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

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)

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.

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

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

Portrait of Okubo Toshimichi

Portrait of Okubo Toshimichi

Portrait of Okubo Toshimichi==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

Ohkubo Toshimichi

Ohkubo Toshimichi

Ohkubo Toshimichi==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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

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)

2 more bodies in Ehime Maru identified

2 more bodies in Ehime Maru identified

HONOLULU, United States - Two bodies recovered by the U.S. Navy from the sunken Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru are those of Toshimichi Furuya (L in file photo), 47, and Toshiya Sakashima, 17, the City and County of Honolulu Medical Examiner said Oct. 19. A total of nine Japanese went missing when the Ehime Maru was hit and sunk by a U.S. submarine in February. Five bodies have been recovered.

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.