Lithuanian Ambassador Egidijus Meilunas (right) joins Hirofumi Nakasone, chairman of Japan-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship League, during a farewell reception at the embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 22. His next place of appointment is Ireland.
Lithuanian Ambassador Egidijus Meilunas (right) joins Hirofumi Nakasone, chairman of Japan-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship League, during a farewell reception at the embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 22. His next place of appointment is Ireland. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Vietnam Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong (left) and his wife, Hoang Thi Minh Ha (left), attend a reception to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of Vietnam
Vietnam Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong (left) and his wife, Hoang Thi Minh Ha (left), attend a reception to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of Vietnam's National Day at the embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 1. | HIROKO INOUE