Latvian Ambassador Dace Treija-Masi (left) joins Japan-Latvia Parliamentary Friendship League Chairman Hirofumi Nakasone (center) and Justice Minister Masako Mori in a toast to cerebrate the 101st anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia at the embassy in Tokyo on Nov. 20. |   YOSHIAKI MMIURA
Latvian Ambassador Dace Treija-Masi (left) joins Japan-Latvia Parliamentary Friendship League Chairman Hirofumi Nakasone (center) and Justice Minister Masako Mori in a toast to cerebrate the 101st anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia at the embassy in Tokyo on Nov. 20. | YOSHIAKI MMIURA


Oman Ambassador Mohamed Al Busaidi (center), and his wife Aisha welcome Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shinichi Nakatani during a reception      to celebrate the 49th National Day of the Sultanate of Oman at the Palace Hotel Tokyo on Nov. 21.  yoshiaki miura |
Oman Ambassador Mohamed Al Busaidi (center), and his wife Aisha welcome Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shinichi Nakatani during a reception to celebrate the 49th National Day of the Sultanate of Oman at the Palace Hotel Tokyo on Nov. 21. yoshiaki miura |


2019 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry Akira Yoshino shakes hands with Swedish Ambassador Pereric Hogberg  during a
2019 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry Akira Yoshino shakes hands with Swedish Ambassador Pereric Hogberg during a "Reception in the Spirit of Nobel," which was also attended by previous Nobel Prize winners, at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURA