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Students in UK wowed by time-honored cultural treasures of China

STORY: Students in UK wowed by time-honored cultural treasures of China SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:04:10 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese Language Day event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOAN DESLANDES, Head teacher of Kingsford Community School in east London 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DEVINA MISTRY, Student, Queen Mary High School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): KATHARINE CARRUTHERS, Strategic Director of the Mandarin Excellence Programme, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society STORYLINE: The virtual tour of China's Sanxingdui Museum was held on Thursday in central London during an event in celebration of Chinese Language Day of this year, which was attended by about 100 students from four schools. The event, hosted by the Chinese Bridge Club and the Chinese Proficiency Test UK Committee, marked the end of the 2024 International Chinese Language Day activities across Britain. During the event, six on-site workshops offered the students a

Japan holds festival to pay tribute to philosophy of Confucius

STORY: Japan holds festival to pay tribute to philosophy of Confucius SHOOTING TIME: April 18, 2024 DATELINE: April 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: TAKU, Japan CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese elementary school students chanting songs in honor of Confucius 2. various of placing the offerings before images of Confucius 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TOSHIHIKO YOKOO, Mayor of Taku City 4. various of the statue of Confucius 5. various of the tribute activities 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): Elementary school student 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): SHUNJI ISHIDA, Education director in Taku City STORYLINE: A group of first- and second-grade Japanese elementary school students on Thursday chanted songs in honor of Confucius in the courtyard of the 316-year-old Taku Seibyo, a Confucian temple in the city of Taku, Saga Prefecture, southwest Japan. Sekisai, a traditional ritual event for consoling the souls of Confucius and his disciples, is held twice a year, on April 18 in spring and the fourth Sun

Crested ibis throws out another egg from nest

SADO, Japan - A crested ibis sits at its nest on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, on April 26, 2010. An Environment Ministry official saw the male crested ibis throw an egg out of the nest the same day. There is believed to be one egg remaining in the nest of the 3-year-old male and 1-year-old female ibis, which threw out an egg on April 22. (Kyodo)

Actresses-in-the-making graduate from Takarazuka school

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - A total of 38 women at Takarazuka Music School, Japan's unique all-girl music academy, pose in their dark-green Japanese ''hakama'' skirts and black kimono called ''montsuki'' for a commemorative photo after a commencement ceremony at the academy in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 1, 2010. After completing their two-year program at the school, they will join the renowned Takarazuka Revue and make their debut in a performance on April 16. (Kyodo)

Police arrest Ichihashi, suspect in murder of British woman

OSAKA, Japan - Tatsuya Ichihashi (covered by black jacket), the suspect in the 2007 murder of British language school teacher Lindsay Hawker, is transferred from JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka to Chiba Prefecture, where the investigative headquarters were set up, on Nov. 10, 2009. The 30-year-old suspect spent two years and seven months on the run and altered his appearance through cosmetic surgery. (Kyodo)

Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Toshikazu Sugaya, a 62-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl, leaves Chiba Prison in Chiba Prefecture on June 4 following his release the same day after 17 years in jail. (Kyodo)

Ex-sumo stablemaster given 6-yr prison over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - This Feb. 7, 2008 file photo shows the ring in the building in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, that the Tokitsukaze sumo stable used as a temporary lodging before a July 2007 tournament in Nagoya. The Nagoya District Court ruled May 29 that a former stablemaster was involved in fatal violence against a 17-year-old wrestler in the ring in June 2007. (Kyodo)

Japan revamps policy to tackle new flu

KYOTO, Japan - Students wear face masks during a school excursion to Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto on May 22, a day after a 10-year-old boy in the city was confirmed to be infected with the new influenza. (Kyodo)

Yokohama high school student tests negative for new flu

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The principal of a high school in Yokohama's Sakae Ward bursts into tears after hearing that a student of the school tested negative for the rapidly spreading new influenza virus. The 17-year-old boy was suspected of being Japan's first case of infection from the H1N1 influenza A virus after staying in British Columbia, Canada, on a school excursion for about two weeks from April 10 with 114 schoolmates and five teachers. (Kyodo)

Nationally unified achievement tests conducted for 3rd year

INUYAMA, Japan - A teacher hands out to sixth graders test papers for unified achievement tests at an elementary school in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 21. About 2.35 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students across Japan sat for the tests, which we were reinstated in 2007 after a 43-year hiatus. (Kyodo)

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