At least four people were killed and 30 more injured today when a powerful typhoon hit southern Japan.

Families of two people killed when a training vessel was sunk by a US Navy submarine are likely to sue the US government, according to reports.

The relatives of nine Japanese people killed when a US submarine struck a trawler say the commander's punishment is too lenient.

US Navy officers met today with local Japanese Government officials to explain possible disciplinary action facing the skipper of a submarine that sank a Japanese high school fishing training vessel.

An admiral has testified that a lunch for guests aboard a US submarine forced a delay in the surfacing manoeuvre that ended in a collision with a Japanese boat.