Japanese first lady pays tribute at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
TOKYO — Japan’s first lady has visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii for the first time to pay tribute to the victims of the Japanese attack 75 years ago.
Akie Abe said in a Facebook entry Monday that she laid flowers and prayed at the USS Arizona Memorial.
“I offered flowers and a prayer,” she wrote in the short message.
In one of several photos also posted on Facebook, Abe posed with an American veteran who survived the attack.