Princess Takamado (center) poses for a photo with (from left) Mari Sai of the Japan-Iraq Medical Network; Dr. Minoru Kamata; the Jordanian ambassador's wife and founder of the charity project Art for Peace, Shifa Haddad; Eriko Haikawa, Co-founder of the charity project Art for Peace; and Haddad's daughters, Mariam and Aya at the launch of the project and art fair at the Jordanian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 10. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Petr Jezek, chair of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Japan (center), shakes hands with Foreign Minister Taro Kono (right) and European Union Ambassador Viorel Isticioaia-Budura during a reception to celebrate Europe Day in Tokyo on May 10. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Thai Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat (center) stands alongside (from left) Secretary-General of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center Supanat Sirantawineti; Thai Ambassador Bansarn Bunnag; Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi; and Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 2018 Thai Festival at Yoyogi Park on May 12. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Kowsurat poses for a group photo after the ceremony with ambassadors, politicians and participants. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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