Angela Merkel Receives Honorary Doctorate - Paris

Angela Merkel Receives Honorary Doctorate - Paris

Jean-Pierre Jouyet, a guest and French diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne attends honorary doctorate ceremony at Sciences Po or Political Sciences Institute in Paris, France, on June 27, 2023. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Angela Merkel Receives Honorary Doctorate - Paris

Angela Merkel Receives Honorary Doctorate - Paris

French diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne attends honorary doctorate ceremony at Sciences Po or Political Sciences Institute in Paris, France, on June 27, 2023. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

French ambassador visits Carrefour store in Osaka Pref.

French ambassador visits Carrefour store in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - French Ambassador to Japan Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (R) visits Carrefour Komyoike in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture on Feb. 6. The store, which opened Jan. 30, is the French supermarket chain operator's third in Japan.

French navy returns to Okinawa to commemorate 2 sailors

French navy returns to Okinawa to commemorate 2 sailors

NAHA, Japan - A member of the French navy on Dec. 4 pays respects to the tombs of two French sailors who died of illness in 1846 while their ship made a port call in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, then part of the Ryukyu Kingdom. A ceremony was held the same day to honor symbolically a promise the navy made at the time to return to the kingdom to collect the sailors' remains. The event took place at the ''Oranda tombs,'' in Nago's Untembaru area, and was attended by the captain and crew of the French destroyer Vendemiaire and French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, as well as Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto and other local representatives.

French ambassador visits Carrefour store in Osaka Pref.

French ambassador visits Carrefour store in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - French Ambassador to Japan Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (R) visits Carrefour Komyoike in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture on Feb. 6. The store, which opened Jan. 30, is the French supermarket chain operator's third in Japan.

French navy returns to Okinawa to commemorate 2 sailors

French navy returns to Okinawa to commemorate 2 sailors

NAHA, Japan - A member of the French navy on Dec. 4 pays respects to the tombs of two French sailors who died of illness in 1846 while their ship made a port call in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, then part of the Ryukyu Kingdom. A ceremony was held the same day to honor symbolically a promise the navy made at the time to return to the kingdom to collect the sailors' remains. The event took place at the ''Oranda tombs,'' in Nago's Untembaru area, and was attended by the captain and crew of the French destroyer Vendemiaire and French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, as well as Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto and other local representatives.