Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe hail reconciliation at Pearl Harbor

In a historic pilgrimage, the leaders of Japan and the United States took to the hallowed waters of Pearl Harbor on Tuesday to prove that even the bitterest enemies can become allies. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not apologize, but conceded Japan ‘‘must never repeat the horrors of war again.’’ Obama called…

Vladimir Putin, Shinzo Abe to huddle at hot spring over Japan-Russia islands row

Russian President Vladimir Putin goes to Japan to meet PM Shinzo Abe for talks on the volcanic islands that have stood in the way of a peace deal since World War II. Russia and Japan kick off a summit Thursday aimed at reaching a deal over a group of small islands that have prevented the countries from formally ending…