Posted on: Monday, March 19, 2001

Mori to visit site of sub collision

Advertiser Staff

Japan Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori tomorrow is scheduled to visit the scene where the Ehime Maru was sunk by a Navy submarine, said a spokeswoman from the Japanese Consulate.

Mori is meeting with President Bush today in Washington.

He is scheduled to arrive at 4:15 a.m. at Hickam Air Force Base.

He will board the Navitek and from 9 a.m. to noon will visit the site of the collision where he will throw flowers into the water. At 12:30 p.m., he will visit Punchbowl and lay a wreath at the cemetary.

At 1:30 p.m. he will leave at Hickam Air Force Base for Japan.

He is not scheduled to visit the Court of Inquiry that is investigating the collision of the USS Greenville with the Ehime Maru or talk with top Navy commanders, said consulate spokeswoman Judy Yamauchi.