Japanese leader attends Pearl Harbor events
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is ending a day of solemn remembrances with a reception dinner in Honolulu.
The prime minister is at the Hawaii Convention Center where he is addressing his visit and what it means for the two nations.
On Tuesday, Abe will become the first Japanese prime minister to visit the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor and the first to visit with an American president.
Japan's former leader Shigeru Yoshida went to Pearl Harbor six years after the country's World War II surrender, but that was before the USS Arizona Memorial was built. Yoshida arrived at Pearl Harbor in 1951, shortly after requesting a courtesy visit to the office of Adm. Arthur W.R. Radford, commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet. The office overlooked Pearl Harbor, offering a direct view of the attack site.
