While
on a diplomatic visit to the United States during the week of 24 February
2009, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso visited Arlington National Cemetery.
During his visit, the Prime Minister placed a wreath at the Tomb of the
Uknowns and one in Section 60, where many of the casualties of Operation
Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom are buried.
Japanese
Prime Minister Taro Aso, front left, is escorted by Major General Richard
J. Rowe Jr., Commander
of the Military District of Washington, front second left, as they walk
to the Tomb of the Unknowns for a wreath laying
ceremony
at Arlington National Cemetery, Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Japanese
Prime Minister Taro Aso, front left, is escorted by Major General Richard
J. Rowe Jr., Commander of the Military
District
of Washington, front second left, as they walk to the Tomb of the Unknowns
for a wreath laying
ceremony
at Arlington National Cemetery, Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Japanese
Prime Minister Taro Aso, center left, escorted by Major General Richard
J. Rowe Jr., Commander of the
Military
District of Washington, center right, pays his respects at the Tomb of
the Unknowns, by laying a
wreath,
Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery
Japanese
Prime Minister Taro Aso, center left, escorted by Major General Richard
J. Rowe Jr., Commander of the Military
District
of Washington, center right, pays his respects at the Tomb of the Unknowns,
by laying
a
wreath, Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery
Japanese
Prime Minister Taro Aso, center, escorted by Major General Richard J. Rowe
Jr., Commander of the Military
District
of Washington, right, lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Tuesday,
February 24, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery
Japanese
Prime Minister Taro Aso, center, escorted by Major General Richard J. Rowe
Jr., Commander of the Military District
of
Washington, right, pays his respects at the Tomb of the Unknowns, after
laying a wreath, Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery
A
member of a US military honor guard salutes a funeral as he waits for Prime
Minister of Japan Taro Aso to lay
a
wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia February 24,
2009. The section of the cemetery where
Aso
laid the wreath is the final resting place of many US soldiers and sailors
killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Japan's
Prime Minister Taro Aso (3rd L) arrives with Arlington National Cemetery
Superintendant John
Metzler (R) to lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington,
Virginia, February 24, 2009
Japan's
Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), assisted by a military honor guard member,
lays
a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia February
24, 2009
Japan's
Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) and Arlington National Cemetery Superintendant
John Metzler (R), stand
with
their hands over their hearts after laying a wreath at Arlington National
Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, February 24, 2009
Prime
Minister of Japan Taro Aso participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at
Arlington
National
Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia February 24, 2009
Japan's
Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd R), with Arlington National Cemetery Superintendant
John Metzler (R),
stands
for the playing of Taps after laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery
in Arlington, Virginia, February 24, 2009
Prime
Minister of Japan Taro Aso departs in his motorcade after a wreath-laying
ceremony
at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia February 24, 2009