Caroline Kennedy meets Japan emperor in ceremonial pomp

November 19, 2013 15:08

Caroline Kennedy met Japan's Emperor Akihito today in a ceremonial formality as thousands of well-wishers lined the streets of Tokyo to catch a glimpse of the incoming US ambassador.

Kennedy, 55, the lone surviving child of the assassinated John F Kennedy, travelled to the downtown Imperial Palace by horse-drawn carriage in an elaborate procession, accompanied by palace officials clad in European-style ceremonial attire.

In a rare public display of affection for a foreign dignitary, throngs of cheering spectators with cameras lined the wide boulevards leading to the heart of the Japanese capital.

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