(SP)CHINA-QINHUANGDAO-HEYBALL-MASTERS GRAND FINALS

(SP)CHINA-QINHUANGDAO-HEYBALL-MASTERS GRAND FINALS

(240316) -- QINHUANGDAO, March 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jordan Baesa Legaspi of the Phillipines competes during a match against Mohammad Faraj of Iran at the 12th Heyball Masters Grand Finals in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

(SP)CHINA-QINHUANGDAO-HEYBALL-MASTERS GRAND FINALS

(SP)CHINA-QINHUANGDAO-HEYBALL-MASTERS GRAND FINALS

(240316) -- QINHUANGDAO, March 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mohammad Faraj of Iran competes during a match against Jordan Baesa Legaspi of the Phillipines at the 12th Heyball Masters Grand Finals in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

(SP)CHINA-QINHUANGDAO-HEYBALL-MASTERS GRAND FINALS

(SP)CHINA-QINHUANGDAO-HEYBALL-MASTERS GRAND FINALS

(240316) -- QINHUANGDAO, March 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jordan Baesa Legaspi of the Phillipines competes during a match against Mohammad Faraj of Iran at the 12th Heyball Masters Grand Finals in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

Japanese officials wives at nihongo center

Japanese officials wives at nihongo center

OVERCOMING LANGUAGE BARRIER. Yuko Kishida (left) and Yuko Koshikawa, wives of visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Japanese Ambassador the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa, respectively, visit the Nihongo Center Foundation, Inc. in Legaspi Village, Makati City on Saturday (Nov. 4, 2023). Mrs. Kishida witnessed Nihongo language classes and interacted with the learners, underscoring the significance of language education in promoting cultural understanding and people-to-people exchanges between the two nations. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)