In a historic visit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barak Obama went to Pearl Harbor Tuesday.

It's the first visit made by a Japanese leader to the site of of Japanese attack on U.S. armed forces in 1941.

In an address, Abe offered "sincere and everlasting condolences" to U.S. service members who died in the attack.

The prime minister did not apologize for the attack, instead he said he was paying tribute to the "brave men and women" who were killed.

More than 2,300 U.S. servicement died in the attack that led to the U.S.' entry into World War II.  

President Obama said Abe's presence was a reminder of what's possible, that wars end and enemies can become allies.

The president also called the U.S. Japan relationship a cornerstone of peace in the world.

Both sides executed devastating attacks in World War II. In May, President Obama visited Hiroshima in Japan. In 1945, America dropped an atomic bomb on the city.

The atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagaski are believed to have killed more than 200,000 people.

Obama did not apologize for the bombings in that visit.

Information from the Associated Press contributed to this story.