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Tokyo man pops in for a bite to eat with the Kerrys

By adamg on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 5:46pm
Japanese prime minister's plane at Logan

Dan Santry snapped Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plane after it had landed at Logan. Abe starts a three-day US tour with dinner tonight at John and Teresa's place at Louisburg Square. His itinerary also includes a speech at the Kennedy School across the river and a trip down to DC for a speech before Congress.

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Comments

By moxie on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 6:09pm.

Good thing that darned fire hydrant situation was taken care of. Parking shouldn't be an issue for the poor guy!

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 9:24pm.

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By BostonDog on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 6:13pm.

Does the plane fly with flags on top?

Do they replace the US flag with whatever country they are headed to?

By anon on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 7:10pm.

I'm wondering about the flags too

By Bob Leponge on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 11:57pm.

Nautical tradition is that a ship flies the flag of her home country, and flies the flag of the country she is visiting as a sign of respect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_flag#Courtesy_flag). Ordinary airplanes don't do this (i.e. when you fly Delta to Paris they don't put out the tricolor), but I would imagine there is, somewhere, a thick book of diplomatic etiquette, of which a chapter probably deals with how to fly flags on the airplanes of visiting heads of state.

They can't possibly leave the flags up in flight; there is a hatch in the cockpit roof of a 747; I'm sure there's a way (possibly, but unlikely involving duct tape) of mounting a tiny flagpole in the cockpit so that it protrudes up through the open hatch when the plane is on the ground.

By roadman on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 11:23am.

I've got it! Quick - Raise the Flags of All Nations!

from The Big Bus

By Felicity on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 6:36pm.

This makes me feel like we're wicked world-classy!

By bulgingbuick on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 8:35pm.

they shut down the Expressway North early this evening?

By adamg on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 9:40pm.

The Globe reports he toured the Kennedy Library with the US ambassador to Japan - Carolyn Kennedy.

By bostnkid on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 9:06pm.

I bet parking on pinkney is difficult this evening.

By Bob Leponge on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 12:09am.

They're pretty good at doing their job without inconveniencing other people trying to use the street.

By MainStreetLuv on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 9:10pm.

I wonder if that's the 747 I saw on approach to Logan as we left Franklin Park early this afternoon. I'm not used to seeing a plane that large landing in broad daylight. It was hard to see the livery while driving, as well.