U.S. Vice Pres. Biden visits quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

U.S. Vice Pres. Biden visits quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden lays flowers in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2011, in memory of the victims of the March 11 disaster. Biden became the highest-ranking U.S. official to travel to the disaster-hit northeast of Japan. (Pool Photo)

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