on 23 august 2007, japanese prime minister shinzō abe met with pal's son, prasanta, in kolkata, during his day-long visit to the city. prasanta pal, now an octogenarian, presented prime minister abe with four photographs of his father, of which two photographs were of radhabinod pal with abe's grandfather, former prime minister nobusuke kishi. they chatted for half an hour at a city hotel.