Thai Ambassador Bansarn Bunnag (right) and Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa celebrate Thailand's national day at the Imperial Hotel on Dec. 5. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Thai Ambassador Bansarn Bunnag (right) and Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa celebrate Thailand's national day at the Imperial Hotel on Dec. 5. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Viorel Isticioaia-Budura (left), ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union of Japan, poses for a photo alongside Toshiro Tanaka (center), professor emeritus at Keio University, and Francesco Fini, deputy head of the delegation, during a year-end party at Europa House in Tokyo on Dec. 7. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Viorel Isticioaia-Budura (left), ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union of Japan, poses for a photo alongside Toshiro Tanaka (center), professor emeritus at Keio University, and Francesco Fini, deputy head of the delegation, during a year-end party at Europa House in Tokyo on Dec. 7. | YOSHIAKI MIURA