June 29 (UPI) -- Japan and the United States signed a symbolic agreement on Thursday that made the sites of two of the most important events in World War II sister parks.
The U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emmanuel joined Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui in Tokyo in recognizing the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii and the Peace Memorial Park of Hiroshima as sister parks. The arrangement was signed at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.