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President obama and japans Prime Minister shinzo abe have laid wreaths at the site of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbour where nearly 2,500 americans died in1941. Its the first visit by a japanese leader while still in office. Mr abe pledged that the horrors of war must never be repeated but stopped short of apologising. Heres our tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes. It has taken 75 years but today the Prime Minister of japan and the president of the United States stood side by side in silent contemplation, at the spot where the pacific war began. They threw flowers into the water where the wreck of the Battleship Arizona still lies. More than a thousand us sailors died when the arizona exploded under a Rain Ofjapanese bombs. In all, more than 2,400 americans were killed in the surprise 1941 attack. Today, Prime Minister abe spoke of his profound sadness that so many young lives were suddenly ended without warning. Translation we must never repeat the horrors of war again. Thi

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