Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (fifth from the left) and winners of the Tokyo Financial Award 2019 at Roppongi Hills for an award ceremony on Feb. 12. From left, for the ESG Investment Category, Yoshiyuki Makino, head of S&P Dow Jones Indices Japan Office; Sayaka Takatsuka and Chunmei Huang, senior directors of the Impact Investment Team, Shinsei Corporate Investment; and Masami Yabumoto, head of Capital Markets Group Investment Banking Business Unit, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. For the Financial Innovation Category, Gentaro Tominaga, president and CEO of Frich Co.; Tal Ekroni, CEO and co-founder of Fly Money Technologies; Fumiyasu Kagami, chief operating officer of 400F Co. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (fifth from the left) and winners of the Tokyo Financial Award 2019 at Roppongi Hills for an award ceremony on Feb. 12. From left, for the ESG Investment Category, Yoshiyuki Makino, head of S&P Dow Jones Indices Japan Office; Sayaka Takatsuka and Chunmei Huang, senior directors of the Impact Investment Team, Shinsei Corporate Investment; and Masami Yabumoto, head of Capital Markets Group Investment Banking Business Unit, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. For the Financial Innovation Category, Gentaro Tominaga, president and CEO of Frich Co.; Tal Ekroni, CEO and co-founder of Fly Money Technologies; Fumiyasu Kagami, chief operating officer of 400F Co. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Irish Ambassador Paul Kavanagh (right) poses with, from left, TV personality Eugene Musinski; Rosemary, Kavanagh's wife; Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, acting president of the Ireland-Japan Chamber of Commerce; Emmett Bowen, chairman of Irish Network Japan; Matthew Corbally dressed as St. Patrick; and Hideki Mimura of the St. Patrick's Day Celebration Japan Committee, during the St. Patrick's Day in Japan Showcase at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb.14 | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Irish Ambassador Paul Kavanagh (right) poses with, from left, TV personality Eugene Musinski; Rosemary, Kavanagh's wife; Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, acting president of the Ireland-Japan Chamber of Commerce; Emmett Bowen, chairman of Irish Network Japan; Matthew Corbally dressed as St. Patrick; and Hideki Mimura of the St. Patrick's Day Celebration Japan Committee, during the St. Patrick's Day in Japan Showcase at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb.14 | YOSHIAKI MIURA

From left, Deputy Mayor Mamoru Shimada of the city of Minamiboso in Chiba Prefecture, Niijima Shochu producer Atsushi Miyahara, strawberry farmer Hiroshi Nakajima and Mayor Kunikazu Aonuma of the village of Niijima at Takeshiba Passenger Terminal for a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17. The conference unveiled the Tokyo Islands' Strawberry that was developed in cooperation with Niijima, Tokyo and Minamiboso to help recover from disaster using local resources. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
From left, Deputy Mayor Mamoru Shimada of the city of Minamiboso in Chiba Prefecture, Niijima Shochu producer Atsushi Miyahara, strawberry farmer Hiroshi Nakajima and Mayor Kunikazu Aonuma of the village of Niijima at Takeshiba Passenger Terminal for a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17. The conference unveiled the Tokyo Islands' Strawberry that was developed in cooperation with Niijima, Tokyo and Minamiboso to help recover from disaster using local resources. | YOSHIAKI MIURA