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May 10, 2019

To support the 2019 YMCA International Charity Run, the oldest charity run in Japan, the Cameroonian ambassador and his wife held a charity dinner at the ambassador's residence in Nakameguro on April 26. Cameroonian Ambassador Pierre Ndzengue (third from right) and his wife, Alphonsine (second from right), joined (from left) Kazuko Nakajima, president of Sakura Global Club, the official supporter for Japan YMCA; Bekolo Ebe Epse Bebey Ejangue Viviane, first counselor at the Cameroonian Embassy; Yuko Arimori, a Japanese Olympic marathon medalist; and Seiichi Kanzaki, the national general secretary for The National Council of YMCAs of Japan, at the event. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

To support the 2019 YMCA International Charity Run, the oldest charity run in Japan, the Cameroonian ambassador and his wife held a charity dinner at the ambassador's residence in Nakameguro on April 26. Cameroonian Ambassador Pierre Ndzengue (third from right) and his wife, Alphonsine (second from right), joined (from left) Kazuko Nakajima, president of Sakura Global Club, the official supporter for Japan YMCA; Bekolo Ebe Epse Bebey Ejangue Viviane, first counselor at the Cameroonian Embassy; Yuko Arimori, a Japanese Olympic marathon medalist; and Seiichi Kanzaki, the national general secretary for The National Council of YMCAs of Japan, at the event. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

May 9, 2019

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