On November 23, 2016 Ambassador Kenjiro Monji and Mrs. Monji hosted a reception to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Honorary Advisor Emeritus Mitsugi Shinran Kikuchi of the Ohara School, with the assistance of Helen Jukai Westington, presented on the stage the ikebana arrangement shown here. Ambassador Monji, Foreign Minister Dion, and distinguished guests celebrated “the new era for cooperation between Japan and Canada.”