U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is on a weeklong tour of the Middle East and Asia that included stops in Bahrain, Iraq, Afghanistan and Japan. He will attend a trade event in California before returning to Washington.
US Secretary of State Kerry on Middle East, Asian Tour
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, puts his arm around Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, center right, after they and fellow G-7 foreign ministers laid wreaths at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, April 11, 2016.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, points out to Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida a passage about friendship in a replica of a letter on a small diplomatic matter from former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to the Tycoon of Japan in 1861, before their bilateral meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, April 11, 2016.
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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, greet Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives, ahead of G-7 foreign minister meetings, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 10, 2016.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry begins the first working session of the G-7 Ministerial meeting with colleagues from Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Britain at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan, April 10, 2016.