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President Donald Trump gestures toward Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump: U.S. will ‘invest heavily’ in Japan’s security, wants ‘fair’ trade relationship

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, accompanied by their wives, first lady Melania Trump and Akie Abe, wave before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base Md., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Trump is hosting Abe at his estate Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., for the weekend. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: Patriots owner joins Trump, Abe for dinner

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a business roundtable at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Shinzo Abe attends wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, accompanied by his wife, Akie, departs from Toyko to meet President Trump in Washington on Friday. (Associated Press)

Trump, Shinzo Abe golf trip to use taxpayer money

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - This combination file photo shows Donald Trump, right, stands on the 14th fairway during a pro-am round of the AT&amp;T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. on June 27, 2012, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, playing golf in Yamanakako village, west of Tokyo, on July 23, 2016. If they stick to schedule, Abe and Trump will spend more time on the fairway than at the White House. After facing off on some divisive issues in Washington on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, they are jetting to Florida, where they will turn to something they have in common on Saturday: a love of golf. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, right, Kyodo News via AP, left, File)

Birdies, pars and diplomacy: Trump and Abe to play golf

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks in Tokyo, in this Jan. 20, 2016, file photo. A White House spokesman says President Donald Trump will host Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago this weekend. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Donald Trump to pay for Shinzo Abe’s stay at Mar-a-Lago as a ‘gift’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Presidential Photographers Division Malacanang Palace, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, second right, and his partner Honeylet Avancena, right, chat with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie at the President's residence at Dona Luisa Village in Davao City, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in the southern Philippines. Abe capped his two-day official visit to the Philippines by having breakfast with Duterte at his home in Davao city. (Rene Lumawag, Presidential Photographers' Division via AP)

Japanese leader arrives in Australia to talk security, trade

By KRISTEN GELINEAU - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte walk together for their meeting at the Malacanang Palace grounds, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Abe arrived Thursday for a two-day official visit that includes a visit to Duterte's hometown of Davao city in southern Philippines.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Abe pledges investments, speedboats to China-friendly Manila

By TERESA CEROJANO - Associated Press

Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visits Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s defense minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, with U.S. President Barack Obama, speaks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, in Honolulu. Abe and Obama made a historic pilgrimage Tuesday to the site where the devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Obama, Japan’s Abe decry ‘horrors of war’ at Pearl Harbor

By JOSH LEDERMAN and CALEB JONES - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, a small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are coming together at Pearl Harbor for a historic pilgrimage to the site where a devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II. (U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: Obama calls Japan’s premier’s visit ‘historic’

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Pearl Harbor veterans Sterling Cale, from left, Al Rodrigues and Everett Hyland at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, in Honolulu. Abe and Obama made a historic pilgrimage Tuesday to the site where the devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Shinzo Abe offers ‘everlasting condolences’ in Pearl Harbor visit with Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific to place a wreath at the Honolulu Memorial, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Honolulu. (Bruce Asato/The Star-Advertiser via AP)

Obama, Japan’s Abe to seek reconciliation at Pearl Harbor

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

Sal Miwa, of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii, center, shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the Ehime Maru Memorial, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Honolulu. The memorial is dedicated to the victims of a 2001 collision off the coast of Hawaii between the Ehime Maru, a fisheries training vessel, and a U.S. naval submarine. Several were killed, including four high school students, in the accidental collision. Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii on Monday to recognize the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Japanese prime minister lays wreaths at Hawaii cemeteries

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from left, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, second from right, and Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda, right, bow at the Ehime Maru Memorial at Kakaako Waterfront Park, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, in Honolulu. The memorial is dedicated to the victims of a 2001 collision off the coast of Hawaii between the Ehime Maru, a fisheries training vessel, and a U.S. naval submarine. Several were killed, including four high school students, in the accidental collision. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

The Latest: Japanese leader attends Pearl Harbor events

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In this June 3, 2015, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, sailors work to repair the floating dock next to the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the USNS Mercy hospital ship struck the memorial's dock in May as it was leaving Pearl Harbor. Japan's leader says he will visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama at the end of this month. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, he will visit Hawaii in late December and hold a final summit meeting there with Obama before the American leader leaves office. (Laurie Dexter/The U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Shinzo Abe predecessor visited Pearl Harbor in 1951

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Correction: Japan-US-Burying Ghosts story

By KEN MORITSUGU and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after signing a joint statement at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. After their bilateral meeting, both countries signed a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement that will allow Japan to export nuclear plant technology to India. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, India sign agreement on civil nuclear power

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, second from right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from left, attend a meeting at Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Suu Kyi arrived late Tuesday for a five-day visit amid growing international pressure on her government to get a grip on violence against the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority following reports of army attacks on the civilian population. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Suu Kyi in Japan as Myanmar faces pressure on Rohingya

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a reinterpretation of his constitution to allow Japanese forces to come to the aid of attacked allies. (Associated Press)

Japan’s military posturing raises alarm in Asia as Shinzo Abe reconsiders pacifist constitution

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times