Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitiene (center) poses with Vice Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hiromichi Matsushima (right) and Lithuanian Ambassador Egidijus Meilunas at a presentation promoting Lithuanian agriculture and food products at the Lithuanian Embassy in Tokyo on March 8. | LITHUANIA EMBASSY
Irish Ambassador Anne Barrington (center) poses with Secretary-Genaral of the Japan-Ireland Parliamentary Friendship League Yasuko Komiyama (left) and Chairman of the Board of Marubeni Corp. Teruo Asada during a reception to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and Ireland's National Day at the Hotel Okura Tokyo on March 17. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
"Hotelier of the Year, 2015," Yasushi Minami (right), managing director and general manager of the Royal Park Hotel receives an award recognizing his achievements from Yasunari Ebihara (left), a representative of a hotel industry association, on March 16 at the Royal Park Hotel. | HIROKO INOUE
French Ambassador Thierry Dana (third from right) raises a glass with astronaut Shuichi Noguchi (left); State Minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs and Minister in Charge of Science and Technology, Space Policy and Territorial Issues Akiko Shimajiri (second from right); Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mayuko Toyota (right); and others guests, at a "GOOD FRANCE" food promotion event, which featured food typically eaten by astronauts prepared as French hors d'oeuvres, at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on March 22. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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