Philippines Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V (center) poses for a photo with (from left) Philippines Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III; former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda; Salvador C. Medialdea, executive secretary of the Philippines; and Nobuteru Ishihara, chairman of the Japan-Philippines Friendship League, during a reception to celebrate the 120th anniversary of independence of the Philippines at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo on June 20. |  YOSHIAKI MIURA
Philippines Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V (center) poses for a photo with (from left) Philippines Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III; former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda; Salvador C. Medialdea, executive secretary of the Philippines; and Nobuteru Ishihara, chairman of the Japan-Philippines Friendship League, during a reception to celebrate the 120th anniversary of independence of the Philippines at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo on June 20. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Philippines Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (second from left) poses for a photo with 2014 Miss Universe Japan runner-up and Philippines Tourism Ambassador Hiro Nishiuchi (second from right) at a reception at the Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo on June 25. |  YOSHIAKI MIURA
Philippines Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (second from left) poses for a photo with 2014 Miss Universe Japan runner-up and Philippines Tourism Ambassador Hiro Nishiuchi (second from right) at a reception at the Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo on June 25. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Indian Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy (center) poses with Hakubun Shimomura (left), chairman of the Parliamentary League for the Promotion of Yoga, and Upper House lawmaker Michiko Ueno at a yoga session to celebrate International Yoga Day 2018 on June 19 at the Indian Embassy. |  COURTESY OF THE INDIAN EMBASSY
Indian Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy (center) poses with Hakubun Shimomura (left), chairman of the Parliamentary League for the Promotion of Yoga, and Upper House lawmaker Michiko Ueno at a yoga session to celebrate International Yoga Day 2018 on June 19 at the Indian Embassy. | COURTESY OF THE INDIAN EMBASSY