From left, Pakistan Ambassador Farukh Amil, Chief Patron of the Calligraphic Society of Pakistan Humayun Khan Bangash and Princess Takamado pose at the Calligraphy Exhibition 2015 at the Embassy of Pakistan in Tokyo on Aug. 4.
From left, Pakistan Ambassador Farukh Amil, Chief Patron of the Calligraphic Society of Pakistan Humayun Khan Bangash and Princess Takamado pose at the Calligraphy Exhibition 2015 at the Embassy of Pakistan in Tokyo on Aug. 4. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

From left, Okura Cultural Foundation Chairman Iwao Osaki; Tomijiro Morita, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. special adviser; Japanese Red Cross Society President Tadateru Konoe; Okura Museum of Art Director Yoshihiko Okura; and Hotel Okura Co. President Masaki Ikeda pose at the Hotel Okura Tokyo on Aug. 3 at the opening ceremony of the 21st charity art exhibition titled
From left, Okura Cultural Foundation Chairman Iwao Osaki; Tomijiro Morita, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. special adviser; Japanese Red Cross Society President Tadateru Konoe; Okura Museum of Art Director Yoshihiko Okura; and Hotel Okura Co. President Masaki Ikeda pose at the Hotel Okura Tokyo on Aug. 3 at the opening ceremony of the 21st charity art exhibition titled 'A Feast of Beauty: From Rimpa to Seiho, Taikan and Shoen.' The exhibition runs through Aug. 20. | HIROKO KIMURA

Moroccan Ambassador Samir Arrour (center) and his wife, Utako, welcome President of the Japan-Morocco Parliamentary League Kenji Kosaka, at a national day reception to celebrate the 16th Anniversary of the Enthronement of his Majesty King Mohammed VI at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo on July 30.
Moroccan Ambassador Samir Arrour (center) and his wife, Utako, welcome President of the Japan-Morocco Parliamentary League Kenji Kosaka, at a national day reception to celebrate the 16th Anniversary of the Enthronement of his Majesty King Mohammed VI at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo on July 30. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

HoneyBaked Ham, Japan CEO & Representative Director Paul J. Kraft at the restaurant
HoneyBaked Ham, Japan CEO & Representative Director Paul J. Kraft at the restaurant's first outlet in Japan explains the menu while preparing to serve a piece of glazed ham at a press preview event ahead of the restaurant's opening in Tokyo's Toranomon district on Aug. 4. | YOSHIAKI MIURA