New US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy arrives at Japan!

[Shinpachi]

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived at Haneda airport last evening.
You can see Caroline there.
They will be busy in the meetings with our ministers today.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fS92fUUU7U

 

[syscom3]

Her granddaddy was an ambassador after his bootlegging days. She'll make a fine ambassador.

He also was a nazi sympathizer. FDR was happy to get rid of him as soon events warrented it.

 

[Shinpachi]

I don't know why, sys, but Caroline visited a local IT company with Vice President yesterday.
Its female CEO seems liking to make friends with the celebs but I know this company was almost bankrupting a decade ago.
She asked help to her boy friends with tears for free!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPo1vjUhl0A

 

[Shinpachi]

Caroline visited Rakuten, a net shopping company, today.
She congratulated Rakuten's baseball championship telling Mikitani, the company President, she bought a cap to celebrate in Sendai, Rakuten's home, a few weeks ago. She visited because Rakuten is famous for hiring a lot of female and foreign workers.

She also visited the Liberal Democratic Party head office to tell she will visit a US Navy base in Sasebo and Nagasaki in early next week.
She will be busy again.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2fmcD3LFyA

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[Shinpachi]

Meeting with Ishiba, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party on Dec 6.

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On Dec 5, the Human Rights Day, she held her first reception party in the embassy.
More than 170 joined.

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[Shinpachi]

Caroline visits Nagasaki.
She also visited the naval yard in Sasebo yesterday but no videos/photos are released.
I guess it security reason.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un-_d2PBkKA

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[Shinpachi]

One more video in Nagasaki.
She digs the soil to plant a dogwood - one of the 3,000 presented to Japan by the US government as a symbol of friendship.
She concludes with "Mata kurukotoga tanoshimidesu (I look forward to visiting again)".


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DJjZUN9Pkk

Video file: View attachment 27_Nagasaki(13_12_10).mp4

 

[Shinpachi]

This is a full version.
She was busy.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pddAZTFm8Ok

Video file: View attachment 28_Nagasaki(13_12_10).mp4

 

[Shinpachi]

Caroline visited Banri Kaieda, leader of Democratic Party, at the head office in Tokyo for greeting yesterday.
This party was the government party till last December for 3 years.

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[Shinpachi]

Caroline met students from Tohoku at the Embassy in today's afternoon.
They were exchange students studied in the US through the Tomodachi Initiative program.
Reception party was also held in the evening.

A girl says "Caroline is cool with her large and powerful eyes."

Another news tells Governor of Yamagata Prefecture, one of the 6 prefectures in Tohoku region, wishes Caroline to visit Yamagata as it is famous for Load Yozan Uesugi whom the late US President John F Kennedy respected.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mofVcYBxnU

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[vikingBerserker]

She really seems to be taking her job seriously, excellent.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks for watching, David.
She is really a hard worker and I think myself I also must do after her.
She looks very enjoyable when talking with young people.
A couple of more videos with her speech.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjCVLch1Ick

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[Shinpachi]

The girl is Haruna Shiraiwa, 17.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UhHmkVC0ek

 

[Shinpachi]

A volunteer group in Obama City of Fukui Prefecture namely "Group of Supporting Mr Obama without His Asking" has produced T-shirts and can-badges in commemoration of new US Ambassador. No one pays attention to them except the residents of the city, though.

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[Shinpachi]

Mayor of Nagasaki City Tomihisa Taue and Mayor of Hiroshima City Kazumi Matsui together met U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo today to hand their joint statement requesting U.S. President Barack Obama to visit both cities in the future.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGyos2L39IM

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[Shinpachi]

Caroline visits Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture.
Kuroiwa is a fan of AKB48 - a local girl dancers unit.
Caroline researches everything very well in advance.

I guess Caroline visited Kanagawa because a US helicopter crash landed there yesterday.
Two crew injured but no one died fortunately.

She is really busy.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89ytvdYo3e8

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[Shinpachi]

In relation to the helicopter accident, Caroline also visited US Navy 7th Fleet Commander Robert L Thomas and Mayor of Yokosuka City Yuto Yoshida on the day.

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[Shinpachi]

This is the dancing Governor that Caroline tried to show.
A promotion video of Kanagawa Prefecture with AKB48 song!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBBbuspVyyU

 

[Shinpachi]

Another video on the day.
She promised to inform of the cause of accident immediately found.
Looks not easy to be a diplomat.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDAIJBRMZHQ

 

[Shinpachi]

Mayor of Obama City receives letter from Caroline.
Their love for Obama accepted? I wonder.

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