Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko, arrived in Hawaii on Monday for a six-day official visit to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Japanese immigration there — part of yearlong celebrations.
Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko, arrived in Hawaii on Monday for a six-day official visit to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Japanese immigration there — part of yearlong celebrations.
Prince Akishino laid a white wreath with peace lilies Monday at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in remembrance of fallen U. S. troops.
The couple was accompanied by cemetery director James Horton, and Adm. Phil Davidson, who last week became the commander of U. S. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii, the American military’s Pacific headquarters.
The prince also laid a second white wreath at Ehime Maru Memorial in downtown Honolulu’s Kakaako Waterfront Park, which commemorates Japanese lives lost when a U.
