text: The Japan Times Deputy Sales Officer Yusuke Numata (center) and the Japan National Student Association Fund Acting President and Secretary-General Toshiko Hasegawa (right) hold donations presented by the President of the Ikebana International Tokyo Founding Chapter Noriko Kira (left) during a New Year's event and demonstration organized by Ikebana International Headquarters at the Palace Hotel, Tokyo, on Jan. 18. | YOSHIAKI MIURA