NFL star Griffin asked to be bridge between Japan, U.S.

NFL star Griffin asked to be bridge between Japan, U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - American football star Robert Griffin III (R) poses with Kenichiro Sasae (C), Japanese ambassador to the United States, and his wife for photos near Washington, D.C. on Aug. 24, 2013. Sasae asked Griffin, who was born in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture and lived there until he was 3 years old, to be a bridge between Japan and the United States, during a meeting beside the field of the Washington Redskins' stadium.

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