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Chinese scholarship program benefits university students in Myanmar

STORY: Chinese scholarship program benefits university students in Myanmar DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Nay Pyi Taw CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the scholarship awarding ceremony STORYLINE: A total of 132 Myanmar students were awarded scholarships and outstanding awards granted by a Chinese company at the Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday. The recipients for the 2023-24 academic year included 30 postgraduate scholars and 102 undergraduates from the YAU. An agreement was also signed between the YAU and Yuntianhua Group Co., Ltd. on the provision of scholarships and outstanding awards for agricultural students at the university on Wednesday. The agreement inked during the ceremony also includes Yuntianhua company's commitment to provide scholarships and outstanding awards to YAU students during the academic years 2024-25 and 2025-26. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nay Pyi Taw. (XHTV)

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Beekeeping - Le Monetier-les-Bains

The foraging bees transmit to the recipients remained in the colony the distance and the direction of the source of food where they can obtain the nectar and the pollen of the flowers necessary for the production of honey, it forms a circles in the upper left, in Le Monetier-les-Bains, France on July 30, 2023. Nathalie, who is the third generation of beekeepers in her family, took over the beekeeping business after working as the manager of a DIY store. Photo by Thibaut Durand / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Beekeeping - Le Monetier-les-Bains

The foraging bees transmit to the recipients remained in the colony the distance and the direction of the source of food where they can obtain the nectar and the pollen of the flowers necessary for the production of honey, it forms a circles in the upper left, in Le Monetier-les-Bains, France on July 30, 2023. Nathalie, who is the third generation of beekeepers in her family, took over the beekeeping business after working as the manager of a DIY store. Photo by Thibaut Durand / ABACAPRESS.COM

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller wins Japan Foundation Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sankyo Yanagiya, a "rakugo" Japanese comic storyteller, is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2014. He was selected as one of three recipients of the 2014 Japan Foundation Awards for his contribution to teaching rakugo to foreign students of the Japanese language for almost 15 years.

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Japan culture award

KYOTO, Japan - Stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, speaks in Kyoto on Oct. 30, 2012. The Kyoto University professor was selected among the six recipients of Japan's top cultural award for the year.

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Japan culture award

TOKYO, Japan - Art critic Shuji Takashina is pictured in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. He was selected on Oct. 30 among the six recipients of the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, for the year.

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Japan culture award

KYOTO, Japan - Stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, speaks in Kyoto on Oct. 30, 2012. The Kyoto University professor was selected among the six recipients of Japan's top cultural award for the year.

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Japan culture award

TOKYO, Japan - Film director Yoji Yamada is pictured in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The "It's Tough Being a Man" series director was selected on Oct. 30 among the six recipients of the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, for the year.

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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Shirakawa, 5 others awarded Order of Culture by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa (Far L) and five others sit in a photo session Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace after they were awarded this year's Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito. Next to Shirakawa is leather craftswoman Fukuko Okubo, 81, followed by calligrapher Kason Sugioka, 87, actress Isuzu Yamada, 83, sinologist Tadao Ishikawa, 78, and organic chemist Ryoji Noyori, 62. At the ceremony, which started at 10:30 a.m., the emperor decorated each of the recipients, who then received a certificate from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Singer Chiyoko Shimakura receives medal of honor

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Chiyoko Shimakura will receive this fall's Medal with Purple Ribbon for contributions to the arts and academia, the government announced Nov. 1. Shimakura, 61, is among 30 recipients of the medal. Shimakura has had numerous hits in her career spanning close to 45 years, including ''Tokyo dayo Okkasan'' (It's Tokyo, Mother) and ''Karatachi Nikki'' (Bengal Quince Diary).

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Actress Mitsuko Kusabue receives medal of honor

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Mitsuko Kusabue will receive this fall's Medal with Purple Ribbon for contributions to the arts and academia, the government announced Nov. 1. Kusabue, 66, is among 30 recipients of the medal. She regularly appears in musicals and theater productions.

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller wins Japan Foundation Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sankyo Yanagiya, a "rakugo" Japanese comic storyteller, is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2014. He was selected as one of three recipients of the 2014 Japan Foundation Awards for his contribution to teaching rakugo to foreign students of the Japanese language for almost 15 years. (Kyodo)

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Shirakawa, 5 others awarded Order of Culture by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa (Far L) and five others sit in a photo session Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace after they were awarded this year's Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito. Next to Shirakawa is leather craftswoman Fukuko Okubo, 81, followed by calligrapher Kason Sugioka, 87, actress Isuzu Yamada, 83, sinologist Tadao Ishikawa, 78, and organic chemist Ryoji Noyori, 62. At the ceremony, which started at 10:30 a.m., the emperor decorated each of the recipients, who then received a certificate from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Singer Chiyoko Shimakura receives medal of honor

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Chiyoko Shimakura will receive this fall's Medal with Purple Ribbon for contributions to the arts and academia, the government announced Nov. 1. Shimakura, 61, is among 30 recipients of the medal. Shimakura has had numerous hits in her career spanning close to 45 years, including ''Tokyo dayo Okkasan'' (It's Tokyo, Mother) and ''Karatachi Nikki'' (Bengal Quince Diary).

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Actress Mitsuko Kusabue receives medal of honor

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Mitsuko Kusabue will receive this fall's Medal with Purple Ribbon for contributions to the arts and academia, the government announced Nov. 1. Kusabue, 66, is among 30 recipients of the medal. She regularly appears in musicals and theater productions.