Detective Rick Jackson speaks at a press conference at Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on Monday morning.

Accurate information about when one of the lookouts on a Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis destroyer first spotted the Seitoku Maru before the two ships collided was not released until the day after the incident, even though the defense minister received the information in a report on the day of the accident, the Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces said Tuesday.  (Feb.27) [More...]

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