Madagascar Charge d' Affaires a.i. Rosette Rasoamanarivo (third from left) and her spouse Michael Rajoharimanana (fourth from left) are joined by, from left, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for African Affairs and Ambassador Norio Maruyama; Djibouti Ambassador Ahmed Araita Ali; Ministry of Foreign Affairs TICAD Ambassador Junzo Fujita; General Delegate of the Government of Quebec to Tokyo Claire Deronzier; Japanese Ambassador to Madagascar Ichiro Ogasawara; and JICA Africa Department Director-General Hideo Eguchi, in a cake-cutting ceremony during a reception to celebrate the country's 56th Independence Day at the embassy on June 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
(from left): Senior Technical Officer of the Panama Consulate Samuel Guevara and his wife Adriana Nunez; Ayana Hatada, wife of the ambassador of Panama to Japan; and Charge d'Affairs a.i. of Panama David De Leon pose during a Panama Day program promoting the country's history, culture and cuisine at the JICA Global Plaza in Tokyo on June 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
(from left) Maritime Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Director-General Ichiro Hao; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hitoshi Kikawada; Ayana Hatada, wife of the Panama ambassador; Instituto Cervantes Tokyo Director Antonio Gil de Carrasco; Charge d'Affairs a.i. of Panama David De Leon; and House of Representatives member Tsuneo Akaeda prepare to toast at the opening of the "Panama Canal: Expanding World Trade to the World'' photo exhibition, which runs through July 5, at Instituto Cervantes Tokyo on June 28. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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