Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) reads "Where the Wild Things Are," a classic children's picture book, to students 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)

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) tries her hand at Japanese calligraphy with the help of a student 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)

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) shakes hands with students 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)

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) smiles as students raise their hands to ask her questions 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)

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)

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from L) waves to students as she arrives at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013.

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

Kennedy visits tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from R) waves to students as she arrives at Mangokuura Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, on Nov. 25, 2013.