Hungarian Ambassador Istvan Szerdahelyi (center) and his wife, Reiko, welcome Seishiro Eto, chairman of the Japan-Hungary Parliamentary Friendship League, during a reception celebrating the country's National Day at the embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 22. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Wim de Veirman (right), CEO of The Cookware Company and GreenPan Japan, and Belgian Brasserie Court Antwerp Central chef Keita Yamahara demonstrate cooking with the healthy ceramic non-stick GreenPan during a press conference at the Belgian embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 23. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Butcher Hugo Desnoyer shows off some choice cuts at a preview event on Oct. 23, ahead of the Nov. 4 opening of his first overseas Hugo Desnoyer butcher shop and restaurant in Ebisu in Tokyo. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Charge d'Affairs a.i. of Madagascar Rosette Rasoamanarivo (right), shakes hands with Akira Oyaizu, deputy mayor of Minato Ward, Tokyo, during the opening ceremony of the 2015 Madagascar Festival at Arisugawa Memorial Park in Tokyo on Oct. 25. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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