Fifty years have passed since the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with official ceremonies held in Washington, and Dallas to commemorate the anniversary. But JFK's eldest daughter, Caroline Kennedy, was not present at either event; she had just taken up her post in Tokyo as the 29th U.S. ambassador to Japan.
On Nov. 19, thousands of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Kennedy as she made her way from Tokyo Station to the Imperial Palace, around a kilometer away, by horse-drawn carriage to present her credentials to the emperor. Waving to the onlookers, she looked like Snow White.
November 22, 1963, was also the day satellite broadcasting from the United States to Japan began, and many Japanese got up early to watch a speech by JFK in Dallas that began at 5:30 a.m. But, rather than airing the speech, the broadcast brought the shocking news of the assassination.
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