Obama, Japan's Abe to show solidarity in Pearl Harbor visit

Pearl Harbor survivors await the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama to deliver remarks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, U.S., December 27, 2016. Pictured in the background is the USS Missouri. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, commemorating the victims of Japan's World War Two attack and promising that his country would never wage war again.

The visit, just weeks before Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office, was meant to highlight the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance amid concerns that Trump could forge a more complicated relationship with Tokyo.