2002: USA-Japan $13 million in compensation-U.S. submarine Greenville accident

The U.S. agrees to pay $13 million in compensation to the families of 33 people killed when the U.S. submarine Greenville accidentally sunk the Japanese fishing trawler Ehime Maru in 2001.

To: 
Japan
From: 
USA
Year of Apology: 
2002
Footnote: 
French, Howard W. “Japanese Accept U.S. Offer in Ship Accident.” New York Times. November 15, 2002.