At his farewell reception, Danish Ambassador Freddy Svane (second from left) and his wife, Lise Frederiksen (far right), poses with Kaori Kono (far left), wife of Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and Tadahiko Ito, secretary-general of the Japan-Denmark Parliamentary Friendship League, at the Danish Embassy on July 2. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
At Belgian Beer Weekend 2019 (which runs until July 7), Belgian Beer Weekend Committee Honorary Chairman and Belgian Ambassador Gunther Sleeuwagen (second from right) poses with Konishi Brewing Co. President and Belgian Beer Weekend Committee Chairman Shintaro Konishi (second from left), and BB Navigators Nele Duprix (far left) and Shiho Shingu during a Belgian beer toast at the event's opening ceremony at Tokyo's Hibiya Park on June 27. | HIROKO INOUE
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