Pearl Harbour visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he will visit Pearl Harbour this month with US President Barack Obama “to console the souls” of victims of Japan’s surprise attack on US forces there 75 years ago. Abe, who will be the first serving Japanese prime minister to visit the naval base in Hawaii, said he wanted to demonstrate resolve to end the horror of war. This year, Obama become the first serving US president to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which the US attacked with an atomic bomb in 1945. Abe will visit Hawaii on December 26 and 27.