United States first lady Michelle Obama walks down the ramp upon her arrival at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo (Photo: AP)
US first lady Michelle Obama watches a Taiko performance by the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan. (Photo: AP)
US First Lady Michelle Obama beat the drum for Japan on Friday, literally, as she tried her hand at traditional "taiko" drumming in the historic tourist hotspot of Kyoto. Winding up her three-day stay in the country, she picked up the cosh-like
US first lady Michelle Obama poses for a photo with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto. The shrine, one of the most important in Japan's native Shinto religion, is famed for having 10,000 "
A smiling Obama, wearing a knee-length jacket in yellows, blues and greens, appeared to be having a great time as she thumped the ancient instruments and blew a whistle alongside highschool students in a performance at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a 1,300
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan on Friday. Taiko area a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, second from left, watches a Noh performance by local college students, with monk of Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist temple, Eigen Onishi, left, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, second from right, at the temple in
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, waves on her arrival at an airport in Osaka, western Japan on Friday. Mrs. Obama, who is on three day tour to Japan, will visit a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine in the ancient capital, Kyoto, before going to
Michelle Obama, left, is greeted by Emperor Akihito, center, and Empress Michiko upon her arrival at the imperial residence in the compound of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)
Michelle Obama, left, laughs with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, during a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo (Photo: AP)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, right, talks to participants during the roundtable meeting as part of Japan-U.S. Joint Girls Education event at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)
Michelle Obama, center left, and Japanese counterpart Akie Abe, center right attend the roundtable meeting as part of Japan-U.S. Joint Girls Education event at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)
Michelle Obama delivers a speech during Japan-U.S. Joint Girls Education event at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo. Mrs. Obama and her Japanese counterpart Akie Abe announced plans Thursday to deepen cooperation in helping girls in developing nations
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, left, and her Japanese counterpart Akie Abe hug each other at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)
Michelle Obama, right, is greeted by an unidentified Japanese official upon her arrival at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo.Obama is visiting Japan and Cambodia, who are among Asia's richest and poorest nations, to highlight cooperation on
Michelle Obama picks up new skills on her 3-day to visit to Japan