Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shows the Japanese character for "tomo," meaning friend, which she wrote with the help of a student (standing next to her), at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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