Philippines Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V (center) poses for a photo with (from left) Philippines Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III; former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda; Salvador C. Medialdea, executive secretary of the Philippines; and Nobuteru Ishihara, chairman of the Japan-Philippines Friendship League, during a reception to celebrate the 120th anniversary of independence of the Philippines at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo on June 20. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Philippines Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (second from left) poses for a photo with 2014 Miss Universe Japan runner-up and Philippines Tourism Ambassador Hiro Nishiuchi (second from right) at a reception at the Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo on June 25. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Indian Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy (center) poses with Hakubun Shimomura (left), chairman of the Parliamentary League for the Promotion of Yoga, and Upper House lawmaker Michiko Ueno at a yoga session to celebrate International Yoga Day 2018 on June 19 at the Indian Embassy. | COURTESY OF THE INDIAN EMBASSY