Matelda Starace, posing next to the Italian Embassy's Chef and Food and Drink Manager Manuel Montalbetti (center), and the National Council of YMCAs of Japan held at a pizza-making workshop for children, including those with special needs, at the embassy residence on Nov. 30. Starace has worked at a children's hospital in Guatemala and on Unicef projects, and is the spouse of Ambassador Giorgio Starace. | YOSHIAKI MIURA