Japanese and Tunisian artists pose for a photograph during the opening ceremony of an exhibition titled
Japanese and Tunisian artists pose for a photograph during the opening ceremony of an exhibition titled "Inspiring Tunisia" at Chiyoda Kumin Hall on March 12. Pictured (from left) are Tunisian Ambassador Kais Darragi; Foreign Minister Taro Kono's wife, Kaori; Kiyoshi Ejima, chairman of the Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and member of the Japan-Tunisia Parliamentary Committee; artist Hideyuki Ozawa; and Chiyoda Mayor Masami Ishikawa. The exhibition is on display through March 22. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Bulgarian Ambassador Borislav Kostov (second from left) makes a toast in celebration of Bulgaria's national day (March 3) at the ambassador's residence on March 7 with (from left) Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii; Kazunori Tanaka, secretary general of the Japan-Bulgaria Friendship League; New Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi and Hiromi Yoshida, president of the Japan-Bulgaria Friendship Association. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Bulgarian Ambassador Borislav Kostov (second from left) makes a toast in celebration of Bulgaria's national day (March 3) at the ambassador's residence on March 7 with (from left) Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii; Kazunori Tanaka, secretary general of the Japan-Bulgaria Friendship League; New Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi and Hiromi Yoshida, president of the Japan-Bulgaria Friendship Association. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Cunard Line Japan Director Tokumasa Kojima (right) poses with (from left) Bob Dixon, director of Cunard's European, Middle Eastern, Asian and Latin American operations; Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi; and Michio Kikuchi, director-general of the Ports and Harbors Bureau under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism at the British ambassador' s residence during the unveiling of the timetable of the
Cunard Line Japan Director Tokumasa Kojima (right) poses with (from left) Bob Dixon, director of Cunard's European, Middle Eastern, Asian and Latin American operations; Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi; and Michio Kikuchi, director-general of the Ports and Harbors Bureau under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism at the British ambassador' s residence during the unveiling of the timetable of the "2020 Queen Elizabeth" cruise on March 9. | YOSHIAKI MIURA