French Ambassador Laurent Pic (center) makes a toast with Nobuteru Ishihara, minister of economic revitalization and chairman of the Japan-France Friendship Group (left), and Japan Foundation President Hiroyasu Ando during a reception at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo to celebrate Bastille Day on July 14. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Nicaraguan Ambassador Saul Arana Castellon (right) greets Tatsuya Yoshioka, founder and director of nongovernment organization Peace Boat, at a conference in Tokyo titled Nicaragua: Path to Peace on the 38th anniversary of the Nicaraguan Revolution on July 19. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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