U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, has a light moment with survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at a temporary housing complex for tsunami victims in Natori, one of the hardest quake stricken city, northeasern Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden hugs one of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami survivors at a make-shift housing complex in Natori, one of the hardest tsunami stricken city, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, is guided by Natori city mayor Ichijuro Sasaki to offer a bouquet of flowers for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.
US Vice President Joe Biden tours the area during his visit to the tsunami-hit coast near Sendai airport in Natori, Miyagi prefecture on August 23, 2011. Biden praised Japan's courage and resolve as he visited its tsunami-shattered coast, where US forces helped with a large-scale relief effort.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech before survivors of March 11 earthquake and tsunami during his visit at Sendai airport in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in this picture taken by Kyodo on August 23, 2011. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Japan's quake-hit northeast on Tuesday and said the country would recover from the disaster just as the United States would overcome its debt crisis, warning doubters not to count the two countries out.
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