“As the prime minister of Japan, I offer my sincere and everlasting condolences to the souls of those who lost their lives here, as well as to the spirits of all the brave men and women whose lives were taken by a war that commenced in this very place, and also to the souls of the countless innocent people who became victims of the war. We must never repeat the horrors of war again.” "I am glad Japan’s Prime Minister Abe came to Pearl Harbor yesterday with President Obama to express his condolences at the USS Arizona Memorial.” |
Dec 27, 2016, Japan's Prime Minister Abe and President Obama pay tribute to the people killed at Pearl Harbor during WWII. (Star Advertiser, 2016)
“We must resist the urge to demonize those who are different… the anguish of war… we can choose what lessons to draw from it and use those lessons to chart our own futures… there is more to be won in peace than in war.” |