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Musical to deepen Japan-Vietnam ties

Vietnamese actress Do Phan Gia Han sings at a ceremony held at the Japanese ambassador to Vietnam's official residence in Hanoi on Nov. 14, 2025, to announce the production of Cong nu Anio, a history-based musical starring her and other actors from Japan and Vietnam. A love story based on romance between a Vietnamese princess and a Japanese merchant about 400 years ago, the musical will be played at a theater in Yokohama, near Tokyo, in September 2026, as part of efforts to deepen friendship between Japan and Vietnam.

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Musical to deepen Japan-Vietnam ties

Vietnamese actress Do Phan Gia Han sings at a ceremony held at the Japanese ambassador to Vietnam's official residence in Hanoi on Nov. 14, 2025, to announce the production of Cong nu Anio, a history-based musical starring her and other actors from Japan and Vietnam. A love story based on romance between a Vietnamese princess and a Japanese merchant about 400 years ago, the musical will be played at a theater in Yokohama, near Tokyo, in September 2026, as part of efforts to deepen friendship between Japan and Vietnam.

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86th China Education Equipment Exhibition in Qingdao

A merchant introduces educational robots to visitors at the 86th China Education Equipment Exhibition in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on October 24, 2025.

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86th China Education Equipment Exhibition in Qingdao

A merchant introduces educational robots to visitors at the 86th China Education Equipment Exhibition in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on October 24, 2025.

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86th China Education Equipment Exhibition in Qingdao

A merchant introduces educational robots to visitors at the 86th China Education Equipment Exhibition in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on October 24, 2025.

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The monument of Blasius Hochgreve

02.09.2025, Tallinn. The monument of Blasius Hochgreve, also known as the Marta Street Cross, is the oldest known monument in Tallinn, Estonia, to an individual that remains in its original location. The monument is dedicated to Blasius Hochgreve, a wealthy merchant from Tallinn who was killed on September 11, 1560, during the Battle of Jerusalem Hill. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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The monument of Blasius Hochgreve

02.09.2025, Tallinn. The monument of Blasius Hochgreve, also known as the Marta Street Cross, is the oldest known monument in Tallinn, Estonia, to an individual that remains in its original location. The monument is dedicated to Blasius Hochgreve, a wealthy merchant from Tallinn who was killed on September 11, 1560, during the Battle of Jerusalem Hill. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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The monument of Blasius Hochgreve

02.09.2025, Tallinn. The monument of Blasius Hochgreve, also known as the Marta Street Cross, is the oldest known monument in Tallinn, Estonia, to an individual that remains in its original location. The monument is dedicated to Blasius Hochgreve, a wealthy merchant from Tallinn who was killed on September 11, 1560, during the Battle of Jerusalem Hill. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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The monument of Blasius Hochgreve

02.09.2025, Tallinn. The monument of Blasius Hochgreve, also known as the Marta Street Cross, is the oldest known monument in Tallinn, Estonia, to an individual that remains in its original location. The monument is dedicated to Blasius Hochgreve, a wealthy merchant from Tallinn who was killed on September 11, 1560, during the Battle of Jerusalem Hill. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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The monument of Blasius Hochgreve

02.09.2025, Tallinn. The monument of Blasius Hochgreve, also known as the Marta Street Cross, is the oldest known monument in Tallinn, Estonia, to an individual that remains in its original location. The monument is dedicated to Blasius Hochgreve, a wealthy merchant from Tallinn who was killed on September 11, 1560, during the Battle of Jerusalem Hill. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY, THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY, THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays Cathare

FRANCE. AUDE (11) IN THE HEART OF CATHAR COUNTRY LIES THE CLOISTER OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF SAINTE-MARIE DE FONTFROIDE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ABBEYS IN FRANCE. A CITADEL OF ORTHODOXY FOUNDED IN 1093, IT DEFENDED THE CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST THE CATHAR HERETICS. AFTER THE MONKS LEFT IN 1901, WEALTHY MERCHANT COLLECTORS GUSTAVE AND MADELEINE FAYET TOOK OVER THE ABBEY, DECORATING AND EMBELLISHING IT. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deepest wreck in French waters

This handout photograph released by the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on June 11, 2025, shows a wreck containing globular jugs with pinched spouts, marked with the IHS monogram of Christ or with plant or geometric motifs lying on the sand off the coast near Ramatuelle, south-eastern France on June 3, 2025. The Prefecture Maritime de Mediterranee and the Ministry of Culture announced on June 11, 2025, that the deepest wreck in French waters was spotted in March 2025, when a 16th-century merchant ship was discovered off Ramatuelle, south-eastern France, some 2,567 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Handout/Marine Nationale/ABACAPRESS.COM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

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Deepest wreck in French waters

This handout photograph released by the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on June 11, 2025, shows a wreck containing globular jugs with pinched spouts, marked with the IHS monogram of Christ or with plant or geometric motifs lying on the sand off the coast near Ramatuelle, south-eastern France on June 3, 2025. The Prefecture Maritime de Mediterranee and the Ministry of Culture announced on June 11, 2025, that the deepest wreck in French waters was spotted in March 2025, when a 16th-century merchant ship was discovered off Ramatuelle, south-eastern France, some 2,567 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Handout/Marine Nationale/ABACAPRESS.COM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

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Deepest wreck in French waters

This handout photograph released by the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on June 11, 2025, shows a wreck containing globular jugs with pinched spouts, marked with the IHS monogram of Christ or with plant or geometric motifs lying on the sand off the coast near Ramatuelle, south-eastern France on June 3, 2025. The Prefecture Maritime de Mediterranee and the Ministry of Culture announced on June 11, 2025, that the deepest wreck in French waters was spotted in March 2025, when a 16th-century merchant ship was discovered off Ramatuelle, south-eastern France, some 2,567 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Handout/Marine Nationale/ABACAPRESS.COM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

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Deepest wreck in French waters

This handout photograph released by the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on June 11, 2025, shows a wreck containing globular jugs with pinched spouts, marked with the IHS monogram of Christ or with plant or geometric motifs lying on the sand off the coast near Ramatuelle, south-eastern France on June 3, 2025. The Prefecture Maritime de Mediterranee and the Ministry of Culture announced on June 11, 2025, that the deepest wreck in French waters was spotted in March 2025, when a 16th-century merchant ship was discovered off Ramatuelle, south-eastern France, some 2,567 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Handout/Marine Nationale/ABACAPRESS.COM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

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Deepest wreck in French waters

This handout photograph released by the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on June 11, 2025, shows a wreck containing globular jugs with pinched spouts, marked with the IHS monogram of Christ or with plant or geometric motifs lying on the sand off the coast near Ramatuelle, south-eastern France on June 3, 2025. The Prefecture Maritime de Mediterranee and the Ministry of Culture announced on June 11, 2025, that the deepest wreck in French waters was spotted in March 2025, when a 16th-century merchant ship was discovered off Ramatuelle, south-eastern France, some 2,567 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Handout/Marine Nationale/ABACAPRESS.COM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

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Deepest wreck in French waters

This handout photograph released by the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on June 11, 2025, shows a wreck containing globular jugs with pinched spouts, marked with the IHS monogram of Christ or with plant or geometric motifs lying on the sand off the coast near Ramatuelle, south-eastern France on June 3, 2025. The Prefecture Maritime de Mediterranee and the Ministry of Culture announced on June 11, 2025, that the deepest wreck in French waters was spotted in March 2025, when a 16th-century merchant ship was discovered off Ramatuelle, south-eastern France, some 2,567 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Handout/Marine Nationale/ABACAPRESS.COM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

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Deepest wreck in French waters

This handout photograph released by the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on June 11, 2025, shows a wreck containing globular jugs with pinched spouts, marked with the IHS monogram of Christ or with plant or geometric motifs lying on the sand off the coast near Ramatuelle, south-eastern France on June 3, 2025. The Prefecture Maritime de Mediterranee and the Ministry of Culture announced on June 11, 2025, that the deepest wreck in French waters was spotted in March 2025, when a 16th-century merchant ship was discovered off Ramatuelle, south-eastern France, some 2,567 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Handout/Marine Nationale/ABACAPRESS.COM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. ALSACE. HAUT-RHIN (68) COLMAR. HISTORIC CENTRE. MAISON DES TETES. BUILT IN 1609 FOR THE MERCHANT ANTON BURGER, THIS GERMAN RENAISSANCE BUILDING IS ONE OF THE TOWN'S MOST FAMOUS. IT OWES ITS NAME TO THE GROTESQUE HEADS OR MASKS THAT ADORN ITS RICH FACADE, ABOVE WHICH RISES A THREE-STOREY ORIEL WINDOW. ON THE GABLE END OF THE BUILDING, A STATUE BY BARTHOLDI REPRESENTING A COOPER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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