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Deputy Secretary Sherman Meets with Vice Foreign Minister Mori in Tokyo, Japan

Deputy Secretary and Japanese Foreign Minister shaking hands in front of American and Japanese flags

U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future