TOKYO: Japanese on Wednesday hailed a historic visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Pearl Harbor, praising his message of reconciliation with the United States but wary of the future after Donald Trump takes office.

Interest in Abe's visit to the site of Japan's December 7, 1941 attack that drew the US into World War II has been high, with many favorably comparing it to President Barack Obama's journey this year to Hiroshima.

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