Macedonian Ambassador Andrijana Cvetkovikj (center) joins from left, Member of the House of Councilors Kimi Onoda; Masahiro Ishii; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii; Member of the House of representative Yasuhide Nakayama; Shinako Tsuchiya; and Shunsuke Takei during a reception to celebrate of the Independence Day and 25 Years Diplomatic Relations between Macedonia and Japan at Hotel Okura on Sept. 26. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Armenian Ambassador Grant Pogosyan (center) joins Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii (left) and Chairman of Japan-Armenia Friendship Parliamentary Friendship League Shunichi Suzuki (right) during a reception to celebrate of the 27th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Armenia at Hotel OkuraTokyo on Sept. 21. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Mohammed Fuad N. Justaniah (center) Charge d' Affaires a.i. of Saudi Arabia and Military Attache Khalid Abdulaziz S. Alhawas (left) welcome Chairman of the Japan-Saudi Arabia Parliamentarian's Friendship League Takeo Kawamura (right), during a reception to celebrate of the 88th National Day of Saudi Arabia at the Palace Hotel Tokyo on Sept. 25. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Cote d'Ivoire Ambassador Jerome Kloh Weya (second from left), joins from left, Yokohama city Deputy Mayor Katsunori Watanabe; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii; and Japan International Cooeration Agency (JICA) Senior Vice President Hiroshi Kato during a cake cutting ceremony to celebrate of the country's 58th Independence Day, at Hotel Okura on Sept. 25. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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