Swedish Ambassador Magnus Robach (left) chats with EU Ambassador Viorel Isticioaia-Budura during a reception to celebrate Sweden's National Day at Robach's residence in Tokyo on June 6. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Philippines Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V (second from right), poses for a photo with (from left) Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Nobuteru Ishihara, minister in charge of economic revitalization and chairman of the Japan-Philippines Parliamentary Friendship League, during a reception to celebrate of the 119th anniversary the Philippine's independence at Imperial Hotel, Tokyo on June 12. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Jose Luis Varela (second from right), president of the Panama-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship League, poses for a photo alongside (from left) Panama Ambassador Ritter Diaz, Seishiro Eto, president of the Panama-Japan Inter-Parliamentary League, and Ivan Picota, a member of the Panama-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship League, during a cocktail party at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on June 13. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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