Japan's Abe eyes visit to India's Imphal, fierce WWII battlefield, in Dec.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is arranging to make a mid-December visit to the northeastern Indian city of Imphal, once a fierce battlefield between Japan and the Allied forces during World War II, and pray for peace, according to sources familiar with bilateral relations.If realized as part of his Dec. 15 to 17 trip to India, Abe will become the first Japanese prime minister to visit Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur.During his stay, he may also go to a peace museum that opened in June to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, the sources said Thursday. Th…READ FULL ARTICLE