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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Japanese service members at the Taiyo Community Center, Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2011. As part of a nine-day tour of Asia, Biden visited Japan to express continued U.S. support after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northeastern Japan.

HANDSHAKE SUPPORT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Japanese service members at the Taiyo Community Center, Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2011. As part of a nine-day tour of Asia, Biden visited Japan to express continued U.S. support after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northeastern Japan.

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