Kenyan Ambassador Solomon Karanja Maina (left) poses for a photo with Takahiro Iinuma, a forestry policy administrator in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Department, Fukushima Prefectural Government on Dec. 20 alongside two cherry blossom trees donated by the Fukushima government that have been planted on the grounds of the Kenyan Embassy. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Tokyo Kaikan President Noriaki Watanabe (center) poses for a photo with (from left) special adviser Yukihiro Fujiwara; Vice President Makoto Uehara; guest Wataru Kozuki, a former member of the Takarazuka Revue musical troupe; and General Manager Yutaka Yoshida during the opening ceremony of Tokyo Kaikan's new building at Marunouchi, Tokyo, on Jan. 8. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Students holding certificates pose for a photo during an awards ceremony for a poster and essay writing competition titled "Kingdom of Belgium: Japan Friendship" at the Belgian Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 10. Belgian Ambassador Gunther Sleeuwagen (fifth from right) stands beside Keizo Nakai, director-general of the Office of Education at the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, and Belgian Japanese Accademic Society President Kazuo Kitahara. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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