Japan's Abe to Visit Pearl Harbor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he will visit Pearl Harbor later this month, the first time a Japanese leader has visited the U.S. naval base Tokyo bombed in a 1941 clandestine attack that precipitated the American entry into World War II. Abe, speaking two days before the 75th anniversary of the attack, said he would visit the Pearl Harbor memorial with U.S. President Barack Obama to pray for the war dead, while also holding a final summit with the American leader before...

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