Timeline for December 2019

Nakamura Tetsu (center left) attends a ceremony to celebrate the opening of an irrigation canal established with support from Peshawar-kai in eastern Afghanistan on January 19, 2017. (Courtesy Peshawar-kai; © Jiji)

Michael Leitch (center right, at head of procession), the Japan captain, leads members of the national rugby team as they parade in Tokyo on December 11, 2019. (© Jiji)