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Briefing with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

During the visits of German Federal President Steinmeier to Japan in 2018 and 2019, I had the pleasure of briefing the President and his wife on Japanese politics.

Photo (above): German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke
Buedenbender visit the imperial gardens with Sven Saaler, professor at
Sophia University in Tokyo, 2018 (Credit: dpa picture alliance / Alamy Stock Photo).

More photos from President Steinmeier’s 2018 visit on the website www.bundespraesident.de.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke
Buedenbender meet representatives of Japanese politics, society, and academia in Tokyo, 2019 (© Sven Saaler).