Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace (center) joins Vittorio Moretti, president of Franciacorta (right), and Manlio Cadelo, ambassador of San Marino (left), to promote Franciacorta Day 2018 at the Italian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 21. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace (center) joins Vittorio Moretti, president of Franciacorta (right), and Manlio Cadelo, ambassador of San Marino (left), to promote Franciacorta Day 2018 at the Italian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 21. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Foreign Minister Taro Kono (center) joins Israelian Ambassador Yaffa Ben-Ari (right) at a special Hanukkah candle lighting reception hosted at the Israeli ambassador's residence on Dec. 4. | COURTESY OF THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL
Foreign Minister Taro Kono (center) joins Israelian Ambassador Yaffa Ben-Ari (right) at a special Hanukkah candle lighting reception hosted at the Israeli ambassador's residence on Dec. 4. | COURTESY OF THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL