German Ambassador Hans Carl von Werthern (second from left) and his wife, Elizabeth (left), raise glasses for a toast with Foreign Minister Taro Kono (right), and his wife, Kaori (second from right), during a reception celebrating Germany's Unity Day at the von Werthern residence in Tokyo on Oct. 3. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Representative of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan Frank C.T. Hsieh (center) and his wife, Fang-Chih Hsieh Yu (left), welcome Yoko Abe (right), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's mother, during a reception to celebrate the 107th anniversary Double Ten Day, the national day of the Republic of China, at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 4. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Nigerian Ambassador Mohammed Gana Yisa (second from left) with, from left, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii, Member of House of Representatives Kazunori Tanaka, Member of House of Councilors Kiyoshi Ejima and Member of House of Representatives Hiroyuki Miyazawa during a reception to celebrate of the 58th anniversary of the independence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at Hotel New Otani on Oct. 1. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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