Japanese Prime Minister Visits Pearl Harbor
Japan s defence minister tomomi inada has provoked anger in south korea following a visit to a controversial war shrine in tokyo a day after she accompanied the prime minister shinzo abe on.
Japanese prime minister visits pearl harbor. The japanese prime minister was the first to visit pearl harbor in 65 years shinzo abe and barack obama will head to the historic site in an effort to improve relations between the u s. A 93 year old pearl harbor survivor who attended the historic event told buzzfeed news he hoped the takeaway would be what a waste of time war is. Japanese prime minister shinzo abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and memorials monday ahead of a visit to the site of the 1941 bombing that plunged the united states into the second world war. President barack obama and japanese prime minister shinzo abe made a historic and somber visit to pearl harbor on tuesday to pay homage to the victims of japan s 1941.
Japanese leaders have visited pearl harbor before but abe was the first to go to the memorial above the sunken uss arizona where a marbled wall lists the names of u s.