Hungarian Ambassador Norbert Palanovics (left) joins Seishiro Eto (right), chairman of the Japan-Hungary Parliamentary Friendship League, at a reception celebrating Hungary's national day in Tokyo on Oct. 19. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Masafumi Ito, president of Simmons Co. Ltd., shows off the company's new landmark gallery in Yurakucho, Simmons Gallery Tokyo, to the press on Oct. 19. Simmons Gallery Tokyo opened on Oct. 20. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Turkish Ambassador Hasan Murat Mercan (center) speaks during a reception to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic. Guests include Kenji Yamada (far left), parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs; Toshihiro Nikai (third from left), secretary-general for the Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the Japan-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship League; the ambassador's wife, Inci (fourth from left); and Takamori Yoshikawa (far right), minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries at the embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 29. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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