The japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, is making a historic visit to hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor that brought the United States into the second world war. The visit began with mr abe paying tribute to American Military personnel buried at the National Memorial cemetery of the pacific. Before he left tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. Laura bicker reports. Archive december 7th, 1941 a date which will live in infamy. The japanese attacks came in waves during a deadly two hours. Bombs ripped through us battleships, crippling the Pacific Fleet and killing over 2000 americans. Survivors recalled that the once Bustling Port burned for hours. I had a fire hose in one hand, trying to put out the fires, and with the other i went around memorising these nametags so i could write to their parents and tell them what happened to their son. After 75 years, a sitting japanese Prime Minister will at
The japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, is making a historic visit to hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor that brought the United States into the second world war. The visit began with mr abe paying tribute to American Military personnel buried at the National Memorial cemetery of the pacific. Before he left tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. Laura bicker reports. Archive december 7th, 1941 a date which will live in infamy. The japanese attacks came in waves during a deadly two hours. Bombs ripped through us battleships, crippling the Pacific Fleet and killing over 2000 americans. Survivors recalled that the once Bustling Port burned for hours. I had a fire hose in one hand, trying to put out the fires, and with the other i went around memorising these nametags so i could write to their parents and tell them what happened to their son. After 75 years, a sitting japanese Prime Minister will at
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Neither could find a way through the goal of straw sees superstock and beaten into the lie succeed where they will meet the winner of the england group. afterjapan were hoping to make quite progress to the next round they can t deflect attention away any more. a 4 0 crushing of spain made it three wins for three for the 2011 champions. for them, it is norway next. it s been a fabulous opening day for great britain at the world para swimming championships in manchester. they finished with four gold medals, two silvers and a bronze. ellie challis finished strongly in the sb2 50 metres breaststroke to defend her title. there also wins for suzanna hext in the s5 50 metres freestyle, jessica jane applegarth won the s14 200 metres freesyle, while simon clegg rounded up the gold rush wih victory in the s12 100 metres backstroke. for challis it s all good preparation for the paralympics.
Some dramatic movements on the tokyo stock exchange this morning. the nikkei lost as much as 3% afterjapan s central bank tweaked its longstanding monetary easing programme, in a surprise move that also saw the yen strengthen quickly against the dollar. after a two day policy meeting, the bank said it would widen the band in which it would allow rates for 10 year japan government bonds to move, saying it would improve market functioning. and here you can see what the nikkei is doing right now. it is down 2.52%. but, as widely expected, the b0] kept its minus 0.1% target for short term interest rates and 0% for the 10 year government bond yield unchanged. so why, when most of the world s big economies are on a rate rising path, does japan stand out like this? joining me now is seijiro takeshita, dean professor at the school of management