Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam (center) poses with Area Manager of Japan Mesay Shiferaw (left) and Ethiopian Tourism Organization CEO Solomon Tadesse during a press conference announcing direct flights between Narita and Addis Ababa at the Tokyo Marriott Hotel on April 23. | YOSHIAKI MIURAIsrael Ambassador Ruth Kahanoff (second from left) shares a toast with (from left) Eriko Yamatani, chairperson of National Public Safety Commission; Atsuhide Kato, head of Katoukichibee Shouten Co.; Defense Minister and Chairman of the Japan-Israel Parliamentary Friendship League Gen Nakatani; and Yasuhide Nakayama, state minister for foreign affairs, at a reception for Israel’s 67th Independence Day at the Capitol Hotel Tokyu on April 23. | YOSHIAKI MIURAThe President of the Association of Wives Of African Ambassadors in Japan (AWAAJ) Mamosa Likeleko Ramoeletsi, wife of the ambassador of Lesotho, speaks at a charity dinner, the proceeds of which are being donated to organizations dealing with the less privileged in Japan and Africa. | YOSHIAKI MIURAAWAAJ members pose at the dinner at Tokyo Marriott Hotel on April 24. | YOSHIAKI MIURASouth African Ambassador Mohau Pheko (second from left), Minister Plenipotentiary Nosicelo Mbele (second from right) share a toast with three high school essay contest winners (from left) Karin Hiramatsu, Kyoko Ishiguro and Hikaru Ito, during a reception to celebrate the country’s National Day at the official residence in Tokyo on April 27. | YOSHIAKI MIURANew Honorary Consul of Romania to Osaka Tetuso Agata (right) shakes hands with Romanian Ambassador Radu Serban, during a signing of the protocol ceremony at the Romanian embassy in Tokyo on April 27. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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