Indonesian Ambassador Yusron Ihza Mahendra (second from left) and his wife Lusiana (left) share a toast with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (center), former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Japan-Indonesia Association Yasuo Fukuda (right) and his wife Kiyoko during a reception to celebrate the country's 71st Independence Day Anniversary at the New Otani Hotel, Tokyo on Aug. 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Indonesian Ambassador Yusron Ihza Mahendra (second from left) and his wife Lusiana (left) share a toast with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (center), former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Japan-Indonesia Association Yasuo Fukuda (right) and his wife Kiyoko during a reception to celebrate the country's 71st Independence Day Anniversary at the New Otani Hotel, Tokyo on Aug. 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Captain Carlos Schnaidt (right) and the Ambassador of Chile Patricio Torres (second from right) welcome Maritime Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff and Commandant of the Yokosuka district, Rear Adm. Takayuki Sugimoto (left), aboard the Chilean naval training ship, CNS Esmeralda, a four-masted sailing ship built in 1954 that has visited 200 ports in 78 countries and carries a crew of over 300, during a port call at Harumi Pier, Tokyo on August 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Captain Carlos Schnaidt (right) and the Ambassador of Chile Patricio Torres (second from right) welcome Maritime Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff and Commandant of the Yokosuka district, Rear Adm. Takayuki Sugimoto (left), aboard the Chilean naval training ship, CNS Esmeralda, a four-masted sailing ship built in 1954 that has visited 200 ports in 78 countries and carries a crew of over 300, during a port call at Harumi Pier, Tokyo on August 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Obstetrician Kyoko Tanebe (third from left), flanked by Barcelona Olympic gold medal swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki (center) and five members of a high school executive committee representing about 50 high schools, speaks at a Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd. symposium,
Obstetrician Kyoko Tanebe (third from left), flanked by Barcelona Olympic gold medal swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki (center) and five members of a high school executive committee representing about 50 high schools, speaks at a Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd. symposium, "Karada no Mikata" (Healthy body), at Showa Women's University in Tokyo on August 24. The symposium ended with a declaration of "Act Now! Learn, Change and Care for a Bright Future." | YOSHIAKI MIURA