British Ambassador Paul Madden (center) visits Ota Kuritsu Omori Fourth Junior High School on March 13, where he observed an English lesson by Leaders of English Education Project (LEEP) teacher Etsuko Ehama (left). LEEP has been run by the British Council on behalf of the Japanese ministry of education since April 2014. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
British Ambassador Paul Madden (center) visits Ota Kuritsu Omori Fourth Junior High School on March 13, where he observed an English lesson by Leaders of English Education Project (LEEP) teacher Etsuko Ehama (left). LEEP has been run by the British Council on behalf of the Japanese ministry of education since April 2014. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Kodaiji temple's head priest, Tensho Goto (left), poses with Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace (second from left) and his wife, Matelda (center), and Belgian Ambassador Gunther Sleeuwagen (right) and his wife, Rahel Zewdie, during the Kitsune no Yomeiri (The Fox's Wedding) parade in Kyoto's Higashiyama district. | TAKAHIRO HAYASHI
Kodaiji temple's head priest, Tensho Goto (left), poses with Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace (second from left) and his wife, Matelda (center), and Belgian Ambassador Gunther Sleeuwagen (right) and his wife, Rahel Zewdie, during the Kitsune no Yomeiri (The Fox's Wedding) parade in Kyoto's Higashiyama district. | TAKAHIRO HAYASHI

Irish Ambassador Anne Barrington (left), Irish Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy T.D. and Kazuyuki Nakane, state minister for foreign affairs poses for a photo during a reception to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Imperial Hotel Tokyo on March 15. yoshiaki miura |
Irish Ambassador Anne Barrington (left), Irish Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy T.D. and Kazuyuki Nakane, state minister for foreign affairs poses for a photo during a reception to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Imperial Hotel Tokyo on March 15. yoshiaki miura |

Turkish Airlines Inc. Vice President Tuncay Eminoglu (left) poses with Tokyo Mehmet Akay General Manager (right) at the workshop on Balkan, hosted by Turkish Airlines Inc. at Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo on March 19. | SHIMPEI KISHIMOTO
Turkish Airlines Inc. Vice President Tuncay Eminoglu (left) poses with Tokyo Mehmet Akay General Manager (right) at the workshop on Balkan, hosted by Turkish Airlines Inc. at Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo on March 19. | SHIMPEI KISHIMOTO

Maiko Kurogouchi (second from left), designer of the Mame Kurogouchi brand and winner of the Fashion Prize of Tokyo 2018, poses with judges (from left) Yoshimi Nagao, Yukari Negishi and Motofumi
Maiko Kurogouchi (second from left), designer of the Mame Kurogouchi brand and winner of the Fashion Prize of Tokyo 2018, poses with judges (from left) Yoshimi Nagao, Yukari Negishi and Motofumi "Poggy" Kogi at a presentation ceremony during Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo on March 19. yusuke numata |