United Arab Emirates Ambassador Khaled Alameri (second from right) cuts a cake during a ceremony to celebrate the country's national day at Palace Hotel Tokyo on Nov. 27. Alameri is photographed with (from left) Manabu Horii, parliamentary vice-minister of foreign affairs, First Secretary Fatima Jumah Mohammed Aldhmani and Second Secretary Suood Ebrahim Leamash. |  YOSHIAKI MIURA
United Arab Emirates Ambassador Khaled Alameri (second from right) cuts a cake during a ceremony to celebrate the country's national day at Palace Hotel Tokyo on Nov. 27. Alameri is photographed with (from left) Manabu Horii, parliamentary vice-minister of foreign affairs, First Secretary Fatima Jumah Mohammed Aldhmani and Second Secretary Suood Ebrahim Leamash. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Romanian Ambassador Tatiana Losiper (second from right), poses for a photograph with (from left) Upper House lawmaker Ichiro Aisawa, Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi and Akihisa Nagashima, secretary-general of the Japan-Romania Parliamentary Friendship League during a reception at Hotel Okura Tokyo on Nov. 27 to celebrate the country's national day. |  RINA HASEGAWA
Romanian Ambassador Tatiana Losiper (second from right), poses for a photograph with (from left) Upper House lawmaker Ichiro Aisawa, Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi and Akihisa Nagashima, secretary-general of the Japan-Romania Parliamentary Friendship League during a reception at Hotel Okura Tokyo on Nov. 27 to celebrate the country's national day. | RINA HASEGAWA