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January 14, 2017

Panama's Ambassador Ritter Diaz (second from left) and his wife Ayana Hatada Diaz (right) share a toast with Father Arturo Martin (left) and the Director General of the Foreign Ministry's Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau Yasushi Takase during a reception to celebrate the relocation of the Embassy of the Republic of Panama to the Samon Building in Higashi-Azabu, Minato Ward in Tokyo on Jan. 10. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Panama's Ambassador Ritter Diaz (second from left) and his wife Ayana Hatada Diaz (right) share a toast with Father Arturo Martin (left) and the Director General of the Foreign Ministry's Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau Yasushi Takase during a reception to celebrate the relocation of the Embassy of the Republic of Panama to the Samon Building in Higashi-Azabu, Minato Ward in Tokyo on Jan. 10. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

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