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That security measures are in place. >> reporter: the reports came as michelle obama touched down in japan. kennedy, who is now 57, came to japan in 2013. >> i can't imagine a better job than being ambassador to japan. >> reporter: all threats are taken seriously. >> you have to moderate and change your patterns of travel. and just simple things like going out with your family for dinner suddenly takes on a new meaning. >> reporter: diplomatic security in asia has been under scrutiny since the knife attack in south korea put the u.s. ambassador mark lippert in the hospital. i'm told president ...

English. >> we take any threats to u.s. diplomates seriously. we take every step possible to protect our personnel. >> reporter: caroline kennedy is the most well known u.s. ambassador in the world, who's always eager to get out among the japanese people as she told abc's jonathan karl last year. >> people notice you when you are out in your running clothes jogging? that depends how fast or slow i'm moving. >> reporter: the threat against caroline kennedy happened last month, before the attack on a u.s. ambassador to south korea focused new attention on security for american diplomates when ...

Caller reportedly said in english. >> we take any threats to u.s. diplomates seriously. we take every step possible to protect our personnel. >> reporter: caroline kennedy is the most well known u.s. ambassador in the world, who's always eager to get out among the japanese people as she told abc's jonathan karl last year. >> people notice you when you are out in your running clothes jogging? that depends how fast or slow i'm moving. >> reporter: the threat against caroline kennedy happened last month, before the attack on a u.s. ambassador to south korea focused new attention on security for...

And i of course am concerned for her security. but i'm confident that the japanese will do everything they can to protect her. >> i'm sure they will. but it does follow two weeks ago, ambassador mark lippert, the united states ambassador in south korea and seoul, he was at an event, he had one bodyguard with him at the time. and you saw some individual come up with a knife, slash his face, his cheek, slash his wrist. he spent a few days in the hospital. fortunately he's okay right now. but it was pretty terrifying. what worried me at the time and i wonder if it worried you, that there could po...

Team and see what we can confirm from this end. obviously we often defer to host governments. but we also are very careful about what information we provide in order to protect our diplomats. but i can check on that and get back to you. >> given that the first lady arrived today in tokyo and these reports emerge today, although i believe the threats were made previously last month, as matt said has it changed in any way the security posture surrounding the first lady. >>? i would point you to the white house. i think it's unlikely they discussed the first lady's security posture. >> the embass...