Uganda's Ambassador Betty Grace Akech-Okullo (right) shares a toast with Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and House of Representatives member Shunsuke Takei at a reception to celebrate the country's 54th anniversary of independence at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, on Oct. 9. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Uganda's Ambassador Betty Grace Akech-Okullo (right) shares a toast with Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and House of Representatives member Shunsuke Takei at a reception to celebrate the country's 54th anniversary of independence at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, on Oct. 9. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Tokyo Art Dealers' Association Chairman and Tokyo Art Club Co. Ltd. Vice President Jun Nakamura (left) welcomes Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Ryohei Miyata (center) and former Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Masanori Aoyagi to the opening reception of the 20th TOBI Art Fair Special Triennial at the Tokyo Art Club in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Oct. 13. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Tokyo Art Dealers' Association Chairman and Tokyo Art Club Co. Ltd. Vice President Jun Nakamura (left) welcomes Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Ryohei Miyata (center) and former Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Masanori Aoyagi to the opening reception of the 20th TOBI Art Fair Special Triennial at the Tokyo Art Club in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Oct. 13. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Spain's Ambassador Gonzalo de Benito (center) poses with, from left, former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi; Nobuteru Ishihara, minister in charge of economic revitalization; former Mitsubishi Cooperation Chairman Mikio Sasaki; and Kazuhiko Koshikawa, senior vice-president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, during a reception to celebrate Spain's national day at the Spanish embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 13. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Spain's Ambassador Gonzalo de Benito (center) poses with, from left, former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi; Nobuteru Ishihara, minister in charge of economic revitalization; former Mitsubishi Cooperation Chairman Mikio Sasaki; and Kazuhiko Koshikawa, senior vice-president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, during a reception to celebrate Spain's national day at the Spanish embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 13. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Lithuania's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas (left) joins Japan-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship League Chairman Hirofumi Nakasone, during a reception celebrating the 25th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Japan at the Lithuanian Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 17. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Lithuania's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas (left) joins Japan-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship League Chairman Hirofumi Nakasone, during a reception celebrating the 25th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Japan at the Lithuanian Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 17. | YOSHIAKI MIURA