Dean of the African Development Corporation and Eritrea Ambassador Estifanos Afeworki (front row, seventh from right); State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi (seventh from left); Secretary-General, Japan-African Union parliamentary Friendship League Asahiko Mihara (sixth from left); President of the National Assembly of Djibouti Mohamed Ali Houmed, (sixth from right); Director-General, Affrican Affairs Depaartment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norio Maruyama, (fifth from right); and Lesotho Ambassador and Chair of the Africa Day Reception 2015 Richard Ramoeletsi (fourth from right) pose with other ambassadors, and Diet members during a reception to celebrate Africa Day at the Angolan Embassy in Tokyo on May 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURAThe Society of Wives of Arab Ambassadors and Heads of Missions in Japan (SWAAJ), including Qatar’s Jamila Al-Suwaidi (third from left), president of SWAAJ), Kuwait’s Jamilah Al-Otaibi (fourth from left) and other SWAAJ members, host a luncheon in honor of Princess Takamado (center) at the Kuwait embassy in Tokyo on May 14. | MIKI OSHITASenegal Ambassador Cheikh Niang (left), shares a toast with Ambassador in charge of RECs, Peace and Security in Africa Hiroyasu Kobayashi, during a reception to celebrate Senegal’s 55th National Day at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo on May 25. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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