Obama, Japan’s Abe to seek reconciliation at Pearl Harbor

Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, the leaders of the United States and Japan are coming together at Pearl Harbor for a historic pilgrimage to the site where a devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit Tuesday with President Barack Obama is powerful proof that the former enemies have transcended the recriminatory impulses that weighed down relations after the war, Japan’s government has said.

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Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, the leaders of the United States and Japan are coming together at Pearl Harbour for a historic pilgrimage to the site where the devastating surprise attacks thrust America into World War II. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit on Tuesday with President Barack Obama is powerful proof that the former enemies have transcended the recriminatory impulses that weighed down relations after the war, Japan’s government has said.