Pakistan's Ambassador Farukh Amil (second from right) joins hands with (from left) House of Councillors member Antonio Inoki,  Komeito President Natsuo Yamaguchi, Japan-Pakistan Parliamentarians' Friendship League President Seishiro Eto  and Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Motome Takizawa during a reception to celebrate Pakistan national day and the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Japan at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, on March 23. |  YOSHIAKI MIURA
Pakistan's Ambassador Farukh Amil (second from right) joins hands with (from left) House of Councillors member Antonio Inoki, Komeito President Natsuo Yamaguchi, Japan-Pakistan Parliamentarians' Friendship League President Seishiro Eto and Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Motome Takizawa during a reception to celebrate Pakistan national day and the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Japan at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, on March 23. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


French Ambassador Thierry Dana (center) raises a glass with President of the Japan-France House of Councillors Friendship League Akiko Santo (left), President of the House of Representatives' Friendship League Nobuteru Ishihara (right) and other guests at a
French Ambassador Thierry Dana (center) raises a glass with President of the Japan-France House of Councillors Friendship League Akiko Santo (left), President of the House of Representatives' Friendship League Nobuteru Ishihara (right) and other guests at a "Good France" dinner at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on March 17. | FRENCH EMBASSY