Shinzo Abe became the first Japanese prime minister to visit Darwin, Australia since the city was bombed during World War II

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• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has touched down in Darwin, the Australian city repeatedly attacked by Japan during World War II.
• Abe’s visit, the first by a Japanese PM since the war, is part of an intense round of shuttle diplomacy across the Pacific this week.
• Abe has already met with US Vice President Mike Pence, before the two will join other pacific leaders for a summit in nearby Papua New Guinea.

Shinzo Abe became the first Japanese Prime Minister to visit Darwin, Australia since the city was bombed during World War II.

Abe’s visit is part of an intense round of shuttle diplomacy this week.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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