Hawaii's Governor Linda Lingle (R) gestures as she chats to visiting Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd L) and Empress Michiko (3rd L) during a private meeting in the Blue Room of the historic home of Queen Lili�uokalani in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 15, 2009. Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Honolulu on July 14 from Canada, the last stop of their 15-day North American tour. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Hawaii's Governor Linda Lingle (R) gestures as she chats to visiting Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd L) and Empress Michiko (3rd L) during a private meeting in the Blue Room of the historic home of Queen Lili�uokalani in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 15, 2009. Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Honolulu on July 14 from Canada, the last stop of their 15-day North American tour.

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  1. Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle and Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Mark Dunkerley (center) stand in front of the company's first airplane, the 1929 Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, following today's ceremony to welcome home this rare artifact of Hawaii aviation history. Flanking them are Hawaiian Airlines pilots Paul Weston, Curtiss Aldrich, and Bruce Clements (left to right) dressed in 1929-era pilot uniforms, and members of the Hawaiian Airlines Serenaders hula troupe.

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  2. Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle and Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Mark Dunkerley (center) stand in front of the company's first airplane, the 1929 Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, following today's ceremony to welcome home this rare artifact of Hawaii aviation history. Flanking them are Hawaiian Airlines pilots Paul Weston, Curtiss Aldrich, and Bruce Clements (left to right) dressed in 1929-era pilot uniforms, and members of the Hawaiian Airlines Serenaders hula troupe.
  3. US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Japanese Empress Michiko (R) as Emperor Akihito looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  4. US President Barack Obama (L) bows as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and as Empress Michiko (R) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  5. Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) welcome visiting US President Barack Obama (L) as he arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  6. US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Japanese Empress Michiko (R) as Emperor Akihito (C) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  7. US President Barack Obama (L) bows as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and as Empress Michiko (R) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
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  9. US President Barack Obama (L) prepares to bow as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  10. Thousands people wave Japan's national flags as Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) appear on a large screen during a ceremony to celebrate the 20 years anniversary on the throne at a square in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 12, 2009.

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