27-12-2016 20:14 via news.yahoo.com

Abe, Obama make Pearl Harbor pilgrimage

The Japanese attack on an unsuspecting US fleet moored at Pearl Harbor turned the Pacific into a cauldron of conflict -- more than 2,400 were killed and a reluctant America was drawn into World War II. Abe is not the first Japanese leader to visit Hawaii since the war to pay homage, but he has invested poignant symbolism in choosing to see the wreck of the USS Arizona, which lost 1,177 crew members. The meeting between the two leaders comes as Obama prepares to leave office and with Abe leading
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