U.S., Japan remember Pearl Harbor victims on 76th anniversary

About 2,000 people from the United States and Japan paid homage Thursday to the victims of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II as they marked its 76th anniversary.Gathering in a park overlooking the harbor, they offered a silent prayer at 7:55 a.m., the time the attack began, for the about 2,400 U.S. military personnel and civilians who lost their lives.Several U.S. war veterans said they are pleased to see growing friendship and deepening ties between the United States and what has now become one of its closest allies.It was the first s…READ FULL ARTICLE