On Nov. 10, the Kawagoe Country Club hosted the Panama Maritime Golf Tournament to commemorate the 115th anniversary of Panama's national day and renew ties between Panama and Japanese shipping and business communities. Koichi Muto, president of the Japan Shipowners' Association (first from left), poses with Ritter Diaz, the Panamanian ambassador (third from left), Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura and Sushizanmai (fourth from left), Seishiro Eto, president of the Panama-Japan Interparliamentary League (fifth from left), Takahiro Nakamae, director-general of the Latin-American and Caribbean divisions of Japan's Foreign Ministry (fourth from right) and other guests. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
On Nov. 10, the Kawagoe Country Club hosted the Panama Maritime Golf Tournament to commemorate the 115th anniversary of Panama's national day and renew ties between Panama and Japanese shipping and business communities. Koichi Muto, president of the Japan Shipowners' Association (first from left), poses with Ritter Diaz, the Panamanian ambassador (third from left), Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura and Sushizanmai (fourth from left), Seishiro Eto, president of the Panama-Japan Interparliamentary League (fifth from left), Takahiro Nakamae, director-general of the Latin-American and Caribbean divisions of Japan's Foreign Ministry (fourth from right) and other guests. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Dr. Bashir Mohabbat, the Afghanistan ambassador (third from left), his wife, Madam Yasuko Yanagihara Mohabbat (second from left), and his daughter, Ms. Mina Yanagihara Mohabbat (left), welcome Mr. Natsuo Yamaguchi, the head of Komeito and a member of the House of Councillors (center), Madam Dewi Sukarno, TV personality and wife of first president of Indonesia (third from right), and members of the House of Councillors Ms. Kanae Yamamoto (second from right) and Ms. Toshiko Takeya (right) during a reception to celebrate the Islamic republic of Afghanistan's 99th independence day on Nov. 7. | EDLEEN OTHMAN
Dr. Bashir Mohabbat, the Afghanistan ambassador (third from left), his wife, Madam Yasuko Yanagihara Mohabbat (second from left), and his daughter, Ms. Mina Yanagihara Mohabbat (left), welcome Mr. Natsuo Yamaguchi, the head of Komeito and a member of the House of Councillors (center), Madam Dewi Sukarno, TV personality and wife of first president of Indonesia (third from right), and members of the House of Councillors Ms. Kanae Yamamoto (second from right) and Ms. Toshiko Takeya (right) during a reception to celebrate the Islamic republic of Afghanistan's 99th independence day on Nov. 7. | EDLEEN OTHMAN

Gunther Sleeuwagen, Belgian ambassador (second from right), and his wife, Rahel Zewdie Sleeuwagen (right), pose with Fabrice D. Tilot, president of the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Japan (left), and Kenji Yamada, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs (second from left), during a reception at the embassy on Nov. 14 to celebrate King's Day. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Gunther Sleeuwagen, Belgian ambassador (second from right), and his wife, Rahel Zewdie Sleeuwagen (right), pose with Fabrice D. Tilot, president of the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Japan (left), and Kenji Yamada, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs (second from left), during a reception at the embassy on Nov. 14 to celebrate King's Day. | YOSHIAKI MIURA