HONOLULU (AP) – The leaders of Japan and South Korea are due to pay their respects at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu this weekend.
The State Department said in a news release Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan and President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea will lay wreaths in separate ceremonies on Saturday morning.
They will both be in town for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
The cemetery in Punchbowl crater is the burial place for 34,000 U.S. veterans.
On Friday, the cemetery will be the site of Veterans Day observances. The Hawaii Air National Guard will fly four F-22 fighter jets over the crater during the ceremony.
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