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News Analysis: Japanese PM's scheduled Hawaii visit draws speculation in U.S.

2016-12-14 09:00:15       source:Xinhua News Agency

December 13, 2016


"With Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor two weeks away, American pundits kept suspicion to see if the Japanese prime minister would apologize directly to China for the barbaric atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers against Chinese civilians in World War II (WWII).


That direct apology has never happened since the end of the war.


Abe's historic meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama scheduled for Dec. 26, to commemorate Japan's Dec. 6, 1941 surprise bombing raid that left 2,500 Americans dead will be the first visit by a Japanese leader to the site since the attack."


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