Ayman R. Al-Mufleh (center, fifth from right), secretary-general of the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, stands next to his wife, Loubna Bedair, at the Jordanian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 21 to celebrate Jordan's Independence Day with Jordan Ambassador to Japan Demiye Haddad (right) and the ambassador's wife, Shifa (third from left), as well as Japanese members of nongovernment organizations who have been supporting refugees in Jordan. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Ayman R. Al-Mufleh (center, fifth from right), secretary-general of the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, stands next to his wife, Loubna Bedair, at the Jordanian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 21 to celebrate Jordan's Independence Day with Jordan Ambassador to Japan Demiye Haddad (right) and the ambassador's wife, Shifa (third from left), as well as Japanese members of nongovernment organizations who have been supporting refugees in Jordan. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Minister for Maritime Affairs Jorge Barakat (center)raises a toast with Seishiro Eto (left), president of the Panama-Japan Inter-Parliamentary League, and Ambassador of Panama to Japan Ritter N. Diaz, during a reception at the Palace Hotel Tokyo on May 22. |  COURTESY OF PANAMA EMBASSY
Minister for Maritime Affairs Jorge Barakat (center)raises a toast with Seishiro Eto (left), president of the Panama-Japan Inter-Parliamentary League, and Ambassador of Panama to Japan Ritter N. Diaz, during a reception at the Palace Hotel Tokyo on May 22. | COURTESY OF PANAMA EMBASSY