The Obama Diary

President Obama meets a robot named ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, as he attends a youth science event at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as the Miraikan, in Tokyo

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Friday in Japan - 13 hours ahead of EDT

In the morning, President Obama greets members of the U.S. Embassy in Japan

Later that morning, the President bids farewell to the Emperor Akihito of Japan

In the afternoon, President Obama travels to Seoul, Republic of Korea

The President visits the National War Memorial and participates in a wreath-laying ceremony

Later, the President visits Gyengbok Palace

President Obama meets with President Park at the Blue House

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President Obama is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

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President Obama and Ambassador Caroline Kennedy at a meeting with Japanese PM Abe.

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President Obama, with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, watches a demonstration on the Geo-Cosmos, a suspended globe that visualizes environmental data about the earth, during his visit to the Miraikan (the National Museum of Emerging Science & Innovation)

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President Obama and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy listen to their guides during a visit to the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo

President Obama hangs an ema, or wooden prayer tablet, next to chief priest Seitaro Nakajima during a visit to the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo

President Obama is blessed as he tours Meiji Shrine

President Obama watches a Yabusame or horseback archery demonstration as he tours Meiji Shrine in Tokyo

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The MENU for Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko’s State Dinner honoring President Obama at Imperial Palace pic.twitter.com/Jn1ql9OmZ9

— Eddie Gehman Kohan (@ObamaFoodorama) April 24, 2025

Japanese PM Abe and National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the state dinner at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

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On This Day

President Obama and Vice President Biden practice their putting on the White House putting green April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha attend Easter church service at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama waits with 2012 National Teacher of the Year, Rebecca Mieliwocki, 7th-grade English teacher at Luther Burbank High School, Burbank, Calif., and Education Secretary Arne Duncan in the Green Room of the White House before the start of a ceremony to honor the 2012 National and State Teachers of the Year in the East Room, April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama stops to view the moon and Venus before boarding Marine One in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a woman during a Girls Inc. luncheon at Century Link Center, in Omaha, Neb., April 24, 2025 (Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)

President Obama and Jimmy Fallon laugh while being briefed on the “Slow Jam the News” segment backstage before taping “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, N.C., April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama waits to be announced during a taping of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, N.C., April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama talks with Jimmy Fallon during a taping of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”, April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama greets patrons at the Sink Restaurant & Bar in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama acknowledges applause following his remarks on student loan interest rates, at the University of Colorado Coors Event Center in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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First Lady Michelle Obama reacts while talking with people along a ropeline with President Obama at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, April 24, 2025 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooooOOOOooooorning everyone - more photos from Japan later.