WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, in which he offered no apology for Japan's sneak attack on Americans in World War II, serves no more than a political show that aims to strengthen Japanese-U.S. alliance.
Calling himself "entire speechless" when standing at the Pearl Harbor memorial constructed on the sunken USS Arizona, Abe acknowledged that the United States and Japan fought a fierce war "that will go down in the annuls of human history."
"Each and every one of those servicemen had a mother and a father anxious about his safety. Many had wives and girlfriends they loved. And many must have had children they would have loved to watch grow up. All of that was brought to an end," said Abe.
The Japanese government billed Abe's visit as a tour of reconciliation.
However, except from offering his "sincere and everlasting condolences" to the souls of the Americans killed by troops of the Japanese imperial empire, no apology from Abe was issued.
As many as 2,403 Americans were killed, about 20 U.S. vessels were sunk or damaged and over 300 U.S. aircraft were damaged or destroyed when more than 350 Japanese warplanes launched stealth attacks to Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
"I think he should apologize. It was a raid that they bombed us and they should apologize. They already surrendered but they should apologize further," said Grace Sandoval, a teenager visiting Washington, D.C. from the U.S. State of Connecticut.
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