Ambassador of the State of Qatar Hassan Bin Mohammed Rafei Al-Emadi (center) poses with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Minoru Kihara (left) and President of Komeito and Member of the House of Councillors Natsuo Yamaguchi (right) during a reception celebrating the national day of Qatar at the Imperial Hotel on Dec. 12. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Ambassador of the State of Qatar Hassan Bin Mohammed Rafei Al-Emadi (center) poses with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Minoru Kihara (left) and President of Komeito and Member of the House of Councillors Natsuo Yamaguchi (right) during a reception celebrating the national day of Qatar at the Imperial Hotel on Dec. 12. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya S.K. Maina, MBS (center) joins State Minister for Foreign Affairs Keisuke Suzuki (left) and Chairman of Toyota Tsusho Corp. and Honorary Consul of Kenya Jun Karube (right) in Nagoya during a reception for the 56th independence anniversary of Kenya at the Conrad Tokyo on Dec. 12. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya S.K. Maina, MBS (center) joins State Minister for Foreign Affairs Keisuke Suzuki (left) and Chairman of Toyota Tsusho Corp. and Honorary Consul of Kenya Jun Karube (right) in Nagoya during a reception for the 56th independence anniversary of Kenya at the Conrad Tokyo on Dec. 12. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Vu Hong Nam (third from right) and his wife, Dang Thi Hai Yen (second from right) with, from left, Yamanashi Prefecture Governor Kotaro Nagasaki; Special Advisor of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship League Tsutomu Takebe; House of Councillors Satsuki Katayama; Science and Technology Minister Naokazu Takemoto; and Yoichiro Aoyagi, a member of the House of Representatives, during a year-end party at the embassy on Dec. 13. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Vu Hong Nam (third from right) and his wife, Dang Thi Hai Yen (second from right) with, from left, Yamanashi Prefecture Governor Kotaro Nagasaki; Special Advisor of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship League Tsutomu Takebe; House of Councillors Satsuki Katayama; Science and Technology Minister Naokazu Takemoto; and Yoichiro Aoyagi, a member of the House of Representatives, during a year-end party at the embassy on Dec. 13. | YOSHIAKI MIURA