Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy gives a speech in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014, before the start of the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally. The ambassador was among 2,800 cyclists who joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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