Argentinian Ambassador Alan Beraud (second from left) joins (from left) State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications and Director-General of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentary Friendship League Yukari Sato; Diet member and President of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentary Friendship League Kozo Yamamoto; Councilor and Sub Secretary-General of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentary Friendship League Shigeharu Aoyama; and Director-General of the Foreign Ministry's Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau Takahiro Nakamae during a reception to celebrate Argentina's national day at the ambassador's official residence on May 27. |  YOSHIAKI MIURA
Argentinian Ambassador Alan Beraud (second from left) joins (from left) State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications and Director-General of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentary Friendship League Yukari Sato; Diet member and President of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentary Friendship League Kozo Yamamoto; Councilor and Sub Secretary-General of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentary Friendship League Shigeharu Aoyama; and Director-General of the Foreign Ministry's Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau Takahiro Nakamae during a reception to celebrate Argentina's national day at the ambassador's official residence on May 27. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace (right) gives a toast with Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenji Yamada during a reception to celebrate Italy's national day at the ambassador's residence on May 30. |   YOSHIAKI MIURA
Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace (right) gives a toast with Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenji Yamada during a reception to celebrate Italy's national day at the ambassador's residence on May 30. | YOSHIAKI MIURA


Canadian Minister of International Trade Diversification Jim Carr (center) poses with (from left) Canadian Ambassador Ian Burney,  Saskatchewan Minister of Trade and Export Development and Minister of Immigration and Career Training Jeremy Harrison, tempura master Toshio Sawabe and Alberta Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism Tanya Fir during a tempura demonstration using canola oil from Canadian seeds at an event to promote Canadian food at the Canadian Embassy on June 6. |   YOSHIAKI MIURA
Canadian Minister of International Trade Diversification Jim Carr (center) poses with (from left) Canadian Ambassador Ian Burney, Saskatchewan Minister of Trade and Export Development and Minister of Immigration and Career Training Jeremy Harrison, tempura master Toshio Sawabe and Alberta Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism Tanya Fir during a tempura demonstration using canola oil from Canadian seeds at an event to promote Canadian food at the Canadian Embassy on June 6. | YOSHIAKI MIURA