Japanese PM Shinzo Makes Iconic Visit To Pearl Harbor

Japanese Prime Minister paying respects to soldiers who died at Pear Harbor, with President Obama.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Obama made Japanese made a historic pilgrimage to the site where the devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II.

This is the first time that a Prime Minister of Japan has visited Pearl Harbor in 75 years.

Abe did not directly apologize for the attacks but said "We must never repeat the horrors of war again."

Abe has already been criticized for not apologizing, and some like Mike Huckabee are going as far as to call him a "War Monger." Huckabee also said that Obama did not 'Take a strong enough stance.'

After the ceremony Obama held a press conference at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

"Even the deepest wounds of war can give way to friendship and lasting peace."

"As we lay a wreath or toss flowers into waters that still weep, we think of the more than 2,400 American patriots, fathers and husbands, wives and daughters, manning heaven's rails for all eternity," Obama said.

The two leaders then greeted survivors in the crowd, shaking hands and hugging some of the men who fought in the Dec. 7, 1941, battle.

The visit is powerful proof that the former enemies have transcended the recriminatory impulses that weighed down relations after the war, Japan's government has said.

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