Farewell hug

[Japan Today] - 01/7/2025

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken embraces Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi at Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.



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