Topic - Shigeru Yoshida

Related Stories

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a working lunch with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan ex-PM Yoshida’s forgotten Pearl Harbor visit recounted

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2015, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, sailors work to repair the floating dock next to the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the USNS Mercy hospital ship struck the memorial's dock in May as it was leaving Pearl Harbor. Japan's leader says he will visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama at the end of this month. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, he will visit Hawaii in late December and hold a final summit meeting there with Obama before the American leader leaves office. (Laurie Dexter/The U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Shinzo Abe predecessor visited Pearl Harbor in 1951

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press