On March 5, a group of top emissaries to Japan made a goodwill visit to the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum and viewed two exhibitions currently being held, “The Exhibition of Three Generations: Uemura Shoen, Shoko and Atsushi” and “A Tenth Anniversary Memory of the World Register in 2011: Exhibition of Sakubei Yamamoto Collection.” They were greeted by TFAM Director Akira Gokita and members of the museum staff, who served as docents for their viewing.
Among the dignitaries who traveled to TFAM that day were: H.E. Peter van der Vliet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Japan, and his wife, Mrs. Joan Mitchell-van der Vliet; H.E. Mohamed Elloumi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Tunisian Republic to Japan, and his wife, Mrs. Houda Kallel Elloumi; H.E. Nidal Yehya Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Lebanese Republic to Japan, and his wife, Mrs. Nancy Nameh; H.E. Shorna-Kay Richards; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Jamaica; Mrs. Gunjan Verma, wife of H.E. Sanjay Kumar Verma, Ambassador of the Republic of India to Japan and Mrs. Charlotte Hung, wife of H.E. Dr. Norbert Palanovics, Ambassador of Hungary to Japan, as well as diplomatic representatives from the embassies of India, the Republic of Indonesia and the United Mexican States.
