Brazilian Ambassador Andre Aranha Correa do Lago (center) raises a glass with Secretary-General of the Japan-Brazil Parliamentary Friendship League Takeo Kawamura (left), and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Brazil in Japan Marcos Turini, during a reception to celebrate the country's Independence Day and of 120 years of diplomatic relations between Brazil and Japan at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo on Sept. 7. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Alice Au (standing), global board member and partner of Spencer Stuart, moderates a session with (from left to right) CEO of Global Resources, Inc. Di Landau; CEO of Golomt Financial Group Bolormaa Luvsandorj; Director of Au Financiers (India), Ltd. Jyoti Narang; former President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Neera Saggi; and President of BT Japan Haruno Yoshida during the 2015 Women Corporate Directors' Asia Institute at the Ark Hills Club in Tokyo on Sept. 11. | WOMEN CORPORATE DIRECTORS
From left, House of Councilors member Kazuyuki Hamada; CEO of Fauji Fertilizer Corp. Shafqaat Ahmed; former Justice Minister Midori Matsushima; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Protocol Kaoru Shimazaki; and Pakistan Ambassador Farukh Amil attend the Mango Mania Festival 2015, which celebrates the arrival of Pakistani Mangoes in Japan, at the Pakistan embassy on Sept. 7. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Malaysian Ambassador Ahmad Izlan Idris (right) joins Chairman of the Japan-Malaysia Parliamentary Friendship League and former National Public Safety Commission Chairman Keiji Furuya (left) and Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa (center) during a reception to celebrate the country's National Day at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo on Sept. 8. | YOSHIAKI MIURA