President obama and japans Prime Minister shinzo abe have laid wreaths at the site of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbour where nearly 2,500 americans died in1941. Its the first visit by a japanese leader while still in office. Mr abe pledged that the horrors of war must never be repeated but stopped short of apologising. Heres our tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes. It has taken 75 years but today the Prime Minister of japan and the president of the United States stood side by side in silent contemplation, at the spot where the pacific war began. They threw flowers into the water where the wreck of the Battleship Arizona still lies. More than a thousand us sailors died when the arizona exploded under a Rain Ofjapanese bombs. In all, more than 2,400 americans were killed in the surprise 1941 attack. Today, Prime Minister abe spoke of his profound sadness that so many young lives were suddenly ended without warning. Translation we must never repeat the horrors of war again. Thi
Its too many. This is where i grew up barry, or barrybados as i call it. I love it down here. We used to come here when we were kids. Mum and dad would bring us here, bring a blanket, a picnic, build sandcastles on the beach. It was great. Dad was a good dad. He was very much a family man. Loved his kids, there was three of us. Im the baby, the youngest. We didnt have much money in the 1970s, but there was food on the table. My dad, cliff, was a tanker driver, a really hardworking man. He looks really happy and well in these photos when he was younger. He was a good looking bloke as well. Thats where i get it from its not the same anymore though, dads not here. Its nearly two years since dad passed away. Because of sepsis. I just thought, where did this come from . And what is sepsis . I had never heard of it. I know its kind of related to septicaemia, blood but it seemed to be one thing after another. Dad had a number of illnesses, including dementia. While in hospital he developed se
Its too many. This is where i grew up barry, or barrybados as i call it. I love it down here. We used to come here when we were kids. Mum and dad would bring us here, bring a blanket, a picnic, build sandcastles on the beach. It was great. Dad was a good dad. He was very much a family man. Loved his kids, there was three of us. Im the baby, the youngest. We didnt have much money in the 1970s, but there was food on the table. My dad, cliff, was a tanker driver, a really hardworking man. He looks really happy and well in these photos when he was younger. He was a good looking bloke as well. Thats where i get it from its not the same anymore though, dads not here. Its nearly two years since dad passed away. Because of sepsis. I just thought, where did this come from . And what is sepsis . I had never heard of it. I know its kind of related to septicaemia, blood but it seemed to be one thing after another. Dad had a number of illnesses, including dementia. While in hospital he developed se
Im derek brockway. If youve seen me on the tv before, its probably because ive told you about the weather, or about the best walks in wales. But tonight im going on a very different kind ofjourney, a personal one, to find out about a condition which killed my dad. Well, to see him suffering like that, it was dreadful. I still miss him now. Its not the same, is it . No. Sepsis is taking and changing thousands of lives. People of all ages, across wales. I meet some remarkable people, a mother who lost her teenage daughter. Anyone is at risk of sepsis. Anybody could fall to this silent killer. Doctors on the wards, who tell me how we could save more lives. If i was brought in with sepsis, what sort of treatment would i get . A survivor determined not to let sepsis win. I want my life back. You know, it was nearly taken away from me so suddenly. Its taken more than enough, i think. And i discover the shocking scale of it. We could more than fill this stadium with the number of people that
Im derek brockway. If youve seen me on the tv before, its probably because ive told you about the weather, or about the best walks in wales. But tonight im going on a very different kind ofjourney, a personal one, to find out about a condition which killed my dad. Well, to see him suffering like that, it was dreadful. I still miss him now. Its not the same, is it . No. Sepsis is taking and changing thousands of lives. People of all ages, across wales. I meet some remarkable people, a mother who lost her teenage daughter. Anyone is at risk of sepsis. Anybody could fall to this silent killer. Doctors on the wards, who tell me how we could save more lives. If i was brought in with sepsis, what sort of treatment would i get . A survivor determined not to let sepsis win. I want my life back. You know, it was nearly taken away from me so suddenly. Its taken more than enough, i think. And i discover the shocking scale of it. We could more than fill this stadium with the number of people that