In 2016, Shinzo Abe traveled to Hawaii to meet President Barack Obama as a showcase of US-Japan cooperation and reconciliation 75 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives with his entourage at the Japanese section of Makiki Cemetery December 26, 2016 in Honolulu. The president of the United Japanese Society of Hawaii Dean Asahina, left, and the president of Meijikai are at his side.
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Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, shakes hands with Governor David Ige after laying wreaths in the Japanese section of Makiki Cemetery December 26, 2016 in Honolulu. The monuments house the remains of 289 Japanese pioneers who died without issue, as well as sixteen Japanese sailors who died in Hawaii or on Imperial Navy warships passing through the islands during the Meiji era.
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Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lays wreaths in the Japanese section of the Makiki Cemetery on December 26, 2016 in Honolulu. Abe’s foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, stands to his right, and his defense minister, Tomomi Inada, stands to his left.
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Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lays wreaths in the Japanese section of the Makiki Cemetery on December 26, 2016 in Honolulu. Joining Abe are Representatives Kensaku Furuashi, left, and Toshimasa Arai of Meijikai and former President Roy Tominaga of the United Japanese Society of Hawaii.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, receives a curtsey from Meijikai Chairman Noburo Haynes as Abe signs the Meijikai guestbook December 26, 2016 in Honolulu. Abe’s Secretary of Defense Tomomi Inada and United Japanese Society of Hawaii President Dean Asahina look on.
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With his Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida standing to his right and his Defense Minister Tomomi Inada standing to his left, then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after laying a wreath in the Japanese section of Makiki Cemetery Dec. 29, 2019. 26, 2016, in Honolulu.
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Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tours the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. At right is James Horton, Warden of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Other official party members were, from left, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda, Prime Minister’s adviser Seiichi Eto, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada.
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Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tours the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. At right is James Horton, Warden of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, and at back is then the Japanese Tomomi Inada, Minister of Defence.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks past the Ehime Maru memorial during a floral tribute Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu.
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Then-Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, left, bows with his delegation before the Ehime Maru memorial during a floral tribute Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu.
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Then-Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe arranges flowers during a floral tribute at the Ehime Maru memorial, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pauses in a moment of silence and reverence during a floral tribute at the Ehime Maru Memorial Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu.
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Sal Miwa, second from left, of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii, explains the Ehime Maru memorial to then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, middle, as Japanese Consul General Yasushi looks on Misawa, left, during a floral tribute on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu.
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President Barack Obama meets with then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Camp Smith in Honolulu for bilateral talks on December 27, 2016.
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With the backdrop of the USS Missouri, then-Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe delivers a speech alongside President Barack Obama December 27, 2016, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu.
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President Barack Obama and then-Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe wave after delivering speeches December 27, 2016, at Pier Kilo at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu.
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President Barack Obama and then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands with World War II veterans December 27, 2016, at Kilo Pier at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu.
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Japan’s then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Pearl Harbor survivors Sterling Cale, Al Rodrigues and Everrett Hyland on December 27, 2016.
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Japan’s then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Pearl Harbor survivors Sterling Cale, Al Rodrigues and Everrett Hyland on December 27, 2016.
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President Barack Obama and then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk inside the Arizona Memorial and observe a minute of silence on December 27, 2016.
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President Barack Obama meets with then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inside the Arizona Memorial to lay wreaths at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam December 27, 2016 in Honolulu. After laying wreaths, they left the inner chamber and went to the “well” above the ship and threw orchids into the water as a tribute to those who lost their lives.
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President Obama and then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe throw orchids into the water at the Arizona Memorial Dec. 27, 2016, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu.
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