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Woman to receive doll sent by Kennedy in return for gift 50 yrs ago

Woman to receive doll sent by Kennedy in return for gift 50 yrs ago

A doll of Kit Kitteredge, a character from the American Girl series, is shown to the media at the U.S. Consulate General in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 1, 2016. A 93-year-old Japanese woman in Kitami, Hokkaido, will receive the doll as a gift from U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy in appreciation of a set of traditional Japanese "hina" dolls the ambassador's father, President John F. Kennedy, received from the woman over 50 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman receives doll from Kennedy in return for gift 50 yrs ago

Woman receives doll from Kennedy in return for gift 50 yrs ago

Tsuyako Matsumoto, 93, holds a Kit Kitteredge doll at a nursing home in Kitami on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on March 2, 2016. The doll was sent to Matsumoto by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy in return for a set of traditional Japanese "hina" dolls Masumoto sent to Kennedy's father, President John F. Kennedy, in 1962. The ambassador still keeps the dolls at her official residence in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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