Monday, December 26, 2016

Is Abe the first sitting Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor? Well, actually, he may be the fourth.

Is Abe the first sitting Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor? Well, actually, he may be the fourth.

In May, President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Hiroshima, where the United States dropped an atomic bomb in 1945 and soon compelled Japan's surrender, ending World War II. It was a historic moment: Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit the city. Now, Abe is repaying the favor. On Tuesday, he will accompany Obama […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/26/is-abe-the-first-sitting-japanese-leader-to-visit-pearl-harbor-well-actually-he-may-be-the-fourth/

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