Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka paid her respects at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday and was expected to visit her alma mater ahead of meetings with top U.S. officials Monday.
Tanaka presented a wreath of white chrysanthemums and red carnations arranged in the motif of the Japanese national flag during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.
Tanaka placed the wreath, which was about 1 meter in diameter, at the tomb with the help of a U.S. soldier. She then placed her right hand over her heart during a bugler's performance.
Tanaka had said shortly before her U.S. trip that she would offer the flowers as a gesture of hope that there be no further victims of war.