Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang (right) poses for a picture with Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship League, during a reception to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan at Meiji Kinenkan on June 1. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace (second from right) joins Japan-Italy Friendship League Chairman Akira Amari (left), and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a reception to celebrate Italy's national day at the ambassador's residence on June 1. | HIROKO INOUE
Albanian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ditmir Bushati (center) poses for a picture with (from left) Albanian Ambassador Gjergj Teneqexhiu, Honorary Consul of Albania Kyoko Spector, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii, and Japan-Albania Friendship League Secretary General Minoru Kikuchi during a reception at the Hotel Okura on June 4. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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