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"Ama" woman divers seek to keep tradition alive

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 20, 2013 shows rookie ama diver Aoi Nakano, 18, surfacing with a turban shell from a dive in waters off Hegura Island, near the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. Ama divers make a living by gathering marine products from the sea in a traditional way -- diving without scuba gear or air tanks.

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Ehime school marks 5th anniversary of Ehime Maru sinking

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Relatives of people who died in the sinking of the fishery training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii by a surfacing U.S. nuclear submarine offer flowers on Feb. 10 at a ceremony at the Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture. The school held a memorial service to mark the fifth anniversary of the accident in which nine people died.

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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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(2)New Ehime Maru returns home from Honolulu

UWAJIMA, Japan - Uwajima Fisheries High School students welcome the home return of the new Ehime Maru at Uwajima port on July 7 after the ship's two-month training voyage which included a port call in Honolulu. The ship was built to replace the fisheries training vessel of the same name that sank after being rammed by a surfacing U.S. submarine in February 2001.

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(1)New Ehime Maru returns home from Honolulu

UWAJIMA, Japan - Students from Uwajima Fisheries High School (R side) line up aboard the new Ehime Maru on July 7 as they returned home to Uwajima port, Ehime Prefecture, after a two-month training voyage which included a port call in Honolulu. The ship was built to replace the fisheries training vessel of the same name that sank after being rammed by a surfacing U.S. submarine in February 2001.

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Ceremony held for completion of substitute Ehime Maru

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A ceremony is held Dec. 10 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture to mark the completion of the new fisheries training ship Ehime Maru (photo) to replace the one that sank with the loss of nine lives off Hawaii last year after being rammed by a surfacing U.S. submarine. The new ship, owned by Uwajima Fisheries High School, was launched in August and will begin a three-month trial voyage in January.

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Japanese sub rescue ship heads for Hawaii

KURE, Japan - The submarine rescue ship Chihaya leaves the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, for Hawaii on Aug. 10 to take part in salvaging the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru, which sank in waters off Hawaii in February after colliding with a surfacing U.S. submarine. The ship carries 130 MSDF personnel.

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U.S. Navy explains Ehime Maru salvage operation

HONOLULU, United States - Rear Adm. William Klemm of the U.S. Navy explains in Honolulu on Aug. 2 about a salvage operation for the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru, which was hit and sunk by a surfacing U.S. submarine off Hawaii in February. He said the Navy expects to recover no more than seven of the nine missing Japanese, who include four high school students.

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Greeneville rushing maneuver before collision, inquiry told

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (R), former captain of the US. submarine Greeneville, talks with his lawyer Charles Gittins at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on March 5 after the first day of a U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry. The inquiry is examining a collision in February between the sub and a Japanese fisheries training ship, the Ehime Maru. In the session March 5, Rear. Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted a preliminary inquiry into the collision, testified that the Greeneville was rushing through an emergency-surfacing maneuver when it struck the Ehime Maru because the sub was 45 minutes behind schedule after lunch for a group of 16 civilian visitors on board took longer than expected.

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Inquiry into Ehime Maru accident opens March 5

HONOLULU, U.S. - The U.S. Navy will begin its formal investigative inquiry on March 5 at its Pearl Harbor base into the deadly collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville. A panel of three admirals will hear the arguments and counter-arguments that will determine the fate of the three top officers of the 6,080-ton Greenville, which struck and sank the 499-ton Japanese ship off Hawaii's Oahu Island while demonstrating an emergency surfacing maneuver for 16 civilian guests on Feb. 9.

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Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Blair

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Seishiro Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Adm. Dennis Blair on Feb. 17 at the U.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu. Eto asked Blair to continue the search for nine Japanese missing after a Japanese fisheries training ship was sunk Feb. 9 by a surfacing U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the Greeneville. Eto arrived in Hawaii earlier in the day after meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. Undersecretary of State Alan Larson in Washington on Feb. 16.

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Fisheries school asks U.S. to continue search for 9 missing

UWAJIMA, Japan - Uwajima Fisheries High School students submit a petition to the United States calling for the search for the nine Japanese missing in the Feb. 9 collision between their fisheries training ship and a U.S. submarine to continue and for the trawler to be raised as soon as possible. Etsuko Yamaguchi, deputy head of a student council, handed the petition of about 140 signatures to Robert Ludan (R), U.S. Consul General for Osaka and Kobe, who visited the school Feb. 17 to apologize for the accident. The Greeneville crashed into and sank the 499-ton Ehime Maru during a rapid-surfacing drill off Hawaii. Four students and two teachers at the school and three crew members of the ship are still missing.

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Unmanned deep-sea probe starts search for Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - Crew aboard a U.S. Navy ship pilot an unmanned submersible off Oahu Island on Feb. 16 in a search for the Japanese fisheries training ship that sank Feb. 9 after being struck by a Navy submarine. The Scorpio-2 submersible is expected to pinpoint the location of the 499-ton Ehime Maru, which sank in 550 meters of water 18 kilometers south of the island after being hit by the 6,080-ton nuclear sub USS Greeneville as it was surfacing in an emergency drill.

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U.S. Navy continue search for missing Japanese

HONOLULU, United States - Two crew members of the U.S. Navy cruiser Port Royal stand on the bridge off Oahu Island, Hawaii, on Feb. 15 in search for possible clues to nine Japanese missing since their fisheries training ship sank Feb. 9 after being struck by a surfacing U.S. nuclear submarine.

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Sakurada meets U.S. Pacific forces' deputy commander

HONOLULU, United States - Yoshitaka Sakurada (R), Japanese lawmaker and parliamentary foreign secretary, meets Lt. Gen. Thomas Case (3rd from L), deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific forces, at the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu on Feb. 14. Sakurada voiced his regret over the report that two civilians had been sitting at the helms position of the U.S. sub Greeneville during a rapid-surfacing drill at the time of the collision with a Japanese trawler for trainees.

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-SALVAGE (CN)

(221121) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2022 shows the mast of the Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck surfacing at the salvage operation site in Shanghai, east China. An ancient shipwreck, one of the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwrecks discovered underwater in China to date, was lifted out of waters in Shanghai early Monday. The Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck dates back to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) of the Qing Dynasty. This salvage could offer a useful glimpse of shipbuilding technology during the Qing Dynasty. A milestone in China's underwater archaeology efforts, the sunken ship was detected in 2015 during a key underwater survey. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-SALVAGE (CN)

(221121) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2022 shows the mast of the Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck surfacing at the salvage operation site in Shanghai, east China. An ancient shipwreck, one of the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwrecks discovered underwater in China to date, was lifted out of waters in Shanghai early Monday. The Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck dates back to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) of the Qing Dynasty. This salvage could offer a useful glimpse of shipbuilding technology during the Qing Dynasty. A milestone in China's underwater archaeology efforts, the sunken ship was detected in 2015 during a key underwater survey. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-SALVAGE (CN)

(221121) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2022 shows the mast of the Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck surfacing at the salvage operation site in Shanghai, east China. An ancient shipwreck, one of the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwrecks discovered underwater in China to date, was lifted out of waters in Shanghai early Monday. The Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck dates back to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) of the Qing Dynasty. This salvage could offer a useful glimpse of shipbuilding technology during the Qing Dynasty. A milestone in China's underwater archaeology efforts, the sunken ship was detected in 2015 during a key underwater survey. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-SALVAGE (CN)

(221121) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2022 shows the mast of the Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck (L, C) surfacing at the salvage operation site in Shanghai, east China. An ancient shipwreck, one of the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwrecks discovered underwater in China to date, was lifted out of waters in Shanghai early Monday. The Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck dates back to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) of the Qing Dynasty. This salvage could offer a useful glimpse of shipbuilding technology during the Qing Dynasty. A milestone in China's underwater archaeology efforts, the sunken ship was detected in 2015 during a key underwater survey. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-SALVAGE (CN)

(221121) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2022 shows the mast of the Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck surfacing at the salvage operation site in Shanghai, east China. An ancient shipwreck, one of the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwrecks discovered underwater in China to date, was lifted out of waters in Shanghai early Monday. The Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck dates back to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) of the Qing Dynasty. This salvage could offer a useful glimpse of shipbuilding technology during the Qing Dynasty. A milestone in China's underwater archaeology efforts, the sunken ship was detected in 2015 during a key underwater survey. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

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Chinese company kicks off road project construction in Ghana

STORY: Chinese company kicks off road project construction in Ghana DATELINE: March 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the groundbreaking ceremony 2. various of exhibition 3. various of road condition 4. various of participants at the groundbreaking ceremony 5. various of leaders 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA, Vice President of Ghana 7. various of participants 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LU KUN, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana STORYLINE: An inner-city road project contracted by a Chinese company kicked off Friday in Kumasi, Ghana's second-largest city. The 100-km project undertaken by Sinohydro Corporation Limited includes drainage work, earthwork, and bituminous surfacing of the roads, which is expected to improve the road networks and facilitate transportation within the city. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia expressed joy that the Kumasi inner-city road project could begin on time. SOUNDBI

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ESA Refurbishment - Paris

Surfacing reminding the science and space materials are shown on the construction site of the future Center of Conference after the renovation of the headquarters of European Space Agency (ESA) in the 15th disctrict of Paris that should be delivered by the end of year 2022. Paris, France, September 22nd, 2021. Photo by Daniel Derajinski/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ESA Refurbishment - Paris

Surfacing reminding the science and space materials are shown on the construction site of the future Center of Conference after the renovation of the headquarters of European Space Agency (ESA) in the 15th disctrict of Paris that should be delivered by the end of year 2022. Paris, France, September 22nd, 2021. Photo by Daniel Derajinski/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Ama newcomer living out her dreams beneath the waves

Photo taken Aug. 2, 2017, in Toba, Mie Prefecture, shows young ama diver Miku Higuchi after surfacing with a shellfish. Higuchi has followed her dream to become a traditional ama diver, making her one of the few young women to take up the profession. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime school marks 5th anniversary of Ehime Maru sinking

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Relatives of people who died in the sinking of the fishery training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii by a surfacing U.S. nuclear submarine offer flowers on Feb. 10 at a ceremony at the Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture. The school held a memorial service to mark the fifth anniversary of the accident in which nine people died.

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(2)New Ehime Maru returns home from Honolulu

UWAJIMA, Japan - Uwajima Fisheries High School students welcome the home return of the new Ehime Maru at Uwajima port on July 7 after the ship's two-month training voyage which included a port call in Honolulu. The ship was built to replace the fisheries training vessel of the same name that sank after being rammed by a surfacing U.S. submarine in February 2001. (Kyodo)

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(1)New Ehime Maru returns home from Honolulu

UWAJIMA, Japan - Students from Uwajima Fisheries High School (R side) line up aboard the new Ehime Maru on July 7 as they returned home to Uwajima port, Ehime Prefecture, after a two-month training voyage which included a port call in Honolulu. The ship was built to replace the fisheries training vessel of the same name that sank after being rammed by a surfacing U.S. submarine in February 2001. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony held for completion of substitute Ehime Maru

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A ceremony is held Dec. 10 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture to mark the completion of the new fisheries training ship Ehime Maru (photo) to replace the one that sank with the loss of nine lives off Hawaii last year after being rammed by a surfacing U.S. submarine. The new ship, owned by Uwajima Fisheries High School, was launched in August and will begin a three-month trial voyage in January. (Kyodo)

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Japanese sub rescue ship heads for Hawaii

KURE, Japan - The submarine rescue ship Chihaya leaves the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, for Hawaii on Aug. 10 to take part in salvaging the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru, which sank in waters off Hawaii in February after colliding with a surfacing U.S. submarine. The ship carries 130 MSDF personnel.

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Greeneville rushing maneuver before collision, inquiry told

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (R), former captain of the US. submarine Greeneville, talks with his lawyer Charles Gittins at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on March 5 after the first day of a U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry. The inquiry is examining a collision in February between the sub and a Japanese fisheries training ship, the Ehime Maru. In the session March 5, Rear. Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted a preliminary inquiry into the collision, testified that the Greeneville was rushing through an emergency-surfacing maneuver when it struck the Ehime Maru because the sub was 45 minutes behind schedule after lunch for a group of 16 civilian visitors on board took longer than expected.

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Inquiry into Ehime Maru accident opens March 5

HONOLULU, U.S. - The U.S. Navy will begin its formal investigative inquiry on March 5 at its Pearl Harbor base into the deadly collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville. A panel of three admirals will hear the arguments and counter-arguments that will determine the fate of the three top officers of the 6,080-ton Greenville, which struck and sank the 499-ton Japanese ship off Hawaii's Oahu Island while demonstrating an emergency surfacing maneuver for 16 civilian guests on Feb. 9.

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Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Blair

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Seishiro Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Adm. Dennis Blair on Feb. 17 at the U.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu. Eto asked Blair to continue the search for nine Japanese missing after a Japanese fisheries training ship was sunk Feb. 9 by a surfacing U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the Greeneville. Eto arrived in Hawaii earlier in the day after meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. Undersecretary of State Alan Larson in Washington on Feb. 16.

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Unmanned deep-sea probe starts search for Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - Crew aboard a U.S. Navy ship pilot an unmanned submersible off Oahu Island on Feb. 16 in a search for the Japanese fisheries training ship that sank Feb. 9 after being struck by a Navy submarine. The Scorpio-2 submersible is expected to pinpoint the location of the 499-ton Ehime Maru, which sank in 550 meters of water 18 kilometers south of the island after being hit by the 6,080-ton nuclear sub USS Greeneville as it was surfacing in an emergency drill.

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Fisheries school asks U.S. to continue search for 9 missing

UWAJIMA, Japan - Uwajima Fisheries High School students submit a petition to the United States calling for the search for the nine Japanese missing in the Feb. 9 collision between their fisheries training ship and a U.S. submarine to continue and for the trawler to be raised as soon as possible. Etsuko Yamaguchi, deputy head of a student council, handed the petition of about 140 signatures to Robert Ludan (R), U.S. Consul General for Osaka and Kobe, who visited the school Feb. 17 to apologize for the accident. The Greeneville crashed into and sank the 499-ton Ehime Maru during a rapid-surfacing drill off Hawaii. Four students and two teachers at the school and three crew members of the ship are still missing.

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U.S. Navy continue search for missing Japanese

HONOLULU, United States - Two crew members of the U.S. Navy cruiser Port Royal stand on the bridge off Oahu Island, Hawaii, on Feb. 15 in search for possible clues to nine Japanese missing since their fisheries training ship sank Feb. 9 after being struck by a surfacing U.S. nuclear submarine.

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Sakurada meets U.S. Pacific forces' deputy commander

HONOLULU, United States - Yoshitaka Sakurada (R), Japanese lawmaker and parliamentary foreign secretary, meets Lt. Gen. Thomas Case (3rd from L), deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific forces, at the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu on Feb. 14. Sakurada voiced his regret over the report that two civilians had been sitting at the helms position of the U.S. sub Greeneville during a rapid-surfacing drill at the time of the collision with a Japanese trawler for trainees.