Published Mar 21, 2026, 7:50 AM ET · Updated 8 months ago · 2 sources

Surprise, embarrassment, unease in Japan after Trump uses Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war

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TOKYO (AP) — Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away from anything but very careful public comments about Japan’s 1941 sneak attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor. So there was embarrassment, confusion and unease on Saturday in Japan after President Donald Trump casually used the World War II attack to justify his secrecy before launching the war against Iran. The Japanese discomfort was compounded by the fact that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was sitting awkwardly at Trum