Azerbaijan Ambassador Gursel Ismayilzada (right) and his wife, Rana, welcome Japan-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Friendship League Chairman Akira Amari during a reception at Hotel Okura Tokyo on May 25 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Azerbaijan. |  YOSHIAKI MIURA
Azerbaijan Ambassador Gursel Ismayilzada (right) and his wife, Rana, welcome Japan-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Friendship League Chairman Akira Amari during a reception at Hotel Okura Tokyo on May 25 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Azerbaijan. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Argentine Ambassador Alan Beraud (center) poses with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura (left) and Kozo Yamamoto, minister of state for regional revitalization and chairman of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentarary Friendship League, during a reception in Tokyo on May 25 to celebrate Argentina's National Day. |   COURTESY OF THE ARGENTINE EMBASSY
Argentine Ambassador Alan Beraud (center) poses with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura (left) and Kozo Yamamoto, minister of state for regional revitalization and chairman of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentarary Friendship League, during a reception in Tokyo on May 25 to celebrate Argentina's National Day. | COURTESY OF THE ARGENTINE EMBASSY


Sam Potolicchio, director of Global and Custom Education at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, meets Japan Times Managing Editor Sayuri Daimon during a courtesy visit to the Tokyo office on May 30. |  YOSHIAKI MIURA
Sam Potolicchio, director of Global and Custom Education at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, meets Japan Times Managing Editor Sayuri Daimon during a courtesy visit to the Tokyo office on May 30. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Model Izumi Mori poses with a ring at a press preview of the opening of Mikimoto's main store in Ginza on May 30. |  YOSHIAKI MIURA
Model Izumi Mori poses with a ring at a press preview of the opening of Mikimoto's main store in Ginza on May 30. | YOSHIAKI MIURA