Caroline Kennedy was in top form when she returned to Japan recently for a two-week visit.
Following her arrival here on Oct. 25, the former ambassador¡¯s itinerary was nonstop. Highlights included her biking across the Seto Inland Sea in a race, Cycling Shimanami 2018, as a member of the U.S.-Japan Foundation¡¯s team, watching children from Japan, the U.S., South Korea and the Philippines recite poetry at a competition in Okinawa, and moderating a panel discussion with young Asian leaders at an Asia Society event in Tokyo.
¡°I love Japan and I was so happy to be back here. I got so emotional when I was at the bike ride,¡± said Kennedy, 60, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan from November 2013 to January 2017, about the cycling event in Hiroshima and Ehime prefectures.
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