JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT PEARL HARBOR: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will come to Hawaii in late December.

Abe said he was making the visit to Hawaii “to pay tribute” to military personnel from both sides of the Pacific who died in the war.

“We must never repeat the tragedy of the war,” he told reporters. “I would like to send this commitment. At the same time, I would like to send a message of reconciliation between Japan and the U.S.”