Forty participants from 24 countries pose for the closing ceremony of the 2017-18 Short-term Training Program for Foreign Teachers of Japanese Language organized by The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute in Urawa, Saitama  Prefecture, on Aug. 18. | COURTESY OF THE JAPAN FOUNDATION JAPANESE-LANGUAGE INSTITUTE, URAWA
Forty participants from 24 countries pose for the closing ceremony of the 2017-18 Short-term Training Program for Foreign Teachers of Japanese Language organized by The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 18. | COURTESY OF THE JAPAN FOUNDATION JAPANESE-LANGUAGE INSTITUTE, URAWA


Pakistan Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan (center) and his wife, Zunaira Asad Khan (third from right) welcome (from left) former Ambassador to Pakistan Nobuaki Tanaka and his wife, Tanaka; Shun Imaizumi, president of the Japan-Pakistan Association; Lower House lawmaker Shinkun Haku; and former Ambassador to Pakistan Seiji Kojima during an event that was held at the Pakistan Embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 18 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Pakistan-Japan diplomatic relations. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Pakistan Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan (center) and his wife, Zunaira Asad Khan (third from right) welcome (from left) former Ambassador to Pakistan Nobuaki Tanaka and his wife, Tanaka; Shun Imaizumi, president of the Japan-Pakistan Association; Lower House lawmaker Shinkun Haku; and former Ambassador to Pakistan Seiji Kojima during an event that was held at the Pakistan Embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 18 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Pakistan-Japan diplomatic relations. | YOSHIAKI MIURA