Prince William arrives in Japan for four-day visit
The Duke of Cambridge has arrived in Japan for a four-day visit that will see him meet communities that survived the devastating 2011 tsunami.
Prince William to meet survivors of 2011 tsunami
Prince William took a speedboat ride across Tokyo Harbour this morning after arriving in Japan for a four-day visit.
The Duke of Cambridge will be taken to the area devastated by the tsunami, as part of the trip, but some have claimed he will not meet families whose lives were blighted when the tsunami triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
Soon after the second-in-line to the throne's scheduled flight touched down at Tokyo's Haneda airport, Kensington Palace confirmed he had completed the last of his exams to earn his Air Transport Pilot Licence and would start work with East Anglian Air Ambulance in the summer.
Highlights of William's trip to the Far East will include a visit to Beijing's Forbidden City and in Shanghai he will launch the three-day Great Festival of Creativity.
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