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Shogi event in Beijing

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi speaks during the opening ceremony of a shogi event at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 9, 2025. About 100 people, including elementary school students from Japan and China, took part in the annual event.

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Shogi event in Beijing

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi speaks during the opening ceremony of a shogi event at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 9, 2025. About 100 people, including elementary school students from Japan and China, took part in the annual event.

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University of Tokyo's new academic program

University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii (L) holds a press conference on April 4, 2025, at the university to announce the establishment of a new academic program, UTokyo College of Design, in September 2027, marking the first time in about 70 years that Japan's top academic institution will have launched a new faculty. The five-year bachelor's and master's program, led by Prof. Miles Pennington (R), prospective dean, will be conducted only in English, with half of enrollment quota of 100 allocated to foreign students.

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Students practice Tai Chi at a martial arts school in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 28, 2024. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Cai Yang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Students practice Tai Chi at a martial arts school in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 28, 2024. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Wang Yuguo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Students practice Tai Chi at a martial arts school in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 28, 2024. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Hu Jingwen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Students practice Tai Chi at a martial arts school in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 28, 2024. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Wu Zhizun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Students practice Tai Chi at a martial arts school in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 28, 2024. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Cai Yang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

Students practice Tai Chi at a martial arts school in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 28, 2024. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Cai Yang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tai Chi At A Martial Arts School - China

An aerial drone photo shows students practicing Tai Chi at a martial arts school in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, November 28, 2024. Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese martial art focusing on both internal and external practices, involves a series of slow, gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. Statistics show that over 100 million people across more than 150 countries and regions practice Tai Chi, with about 30,000 foreigners traveling to the Wudang Mountain annually to learn and experience it. Photo by Wu Zhizun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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

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Egyptian students celebrate 1st Chinese language summer camp

STORY: Egyptian students celebrate 1st Chinese language summer camp DATELINE: July 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of President of Cairo University Mohamed Elkhosht speaking 2. various of Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang 3. various of students performing during the closing ceremony of the summer camp STORYLINE: More than 100 students from Egyptian governmental preparatory schools celebrated on Tuesday the conclusion of their first Chinese language summer camp. The 14-day camp, the first of its kind in Egypt, was held at the Confucius Institute for Chinese Learning at Cairo University. "Today, the Chinese language teachers and their students have witnessed a historic moment that wouldn't have happened without the constant support of the Chinese embassy in Egypt," said the institute's director Rehab Mahmoud. By organizing the camp, the institute aims to help the students learn more about the rich Chinese culture, including Chinese symbols, paper cut

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Countdown To The Hangzhou Asian Games

HANGZHOU, CHINA JUNE 13, 2023 - Primary school students play "fun golf" at the Hangzhou West Lake District in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, June 13, 2023. As the 100 days countdown to the Hangzhou Asian Games is approaching, people will learn about the Hangzhou Asian Games by participating in a variety of game activities related to the Asian Games, such as the Asian Games Multi-star, Asian Games darts, fun golf, football and kickball, so as to enhance the participation of citizens in the Asian Games and jointly create a good atmosphere for the whole people to welcome the Asian Games.

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Teacher battles adult illiteracy with online video courses

STORY: Teacher battles adult illiteracy with online video courses DATELINE: April 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jin Xia lecturing in online video courses 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIN XIA, Teacher 3. various of Jin Xia lecturing in online video courses 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIN XIA, Teacher STORYLINE: Each day, Jin Xia gives online reading lessons to her students. Over the past year, the 41-year-old from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has been using video-sharing and livestreaming app Kuaishou to teach illiterate people to read, following a program of 600 lessons she designed herself. Armed with a computer, a cellphone and some textbooks, she now has about 100,000 online followers and teaches basic Chinese and mathematics to an online class of over 1,000 students. Each student pays just 100 yuan (about 14.5 U.S. dollars) for the courses. Jin is a resident of one of the largest settlement areas for relocated peop

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Students in Jordan wowed by Chinese culture

STORY: Students in Jordan wowed by Chinese culture DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the activities 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): REEMA KASSEM, Coordinator at Mashrek International School of Jordan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HAYA ZAUITER, Sixth-grade student 4. various of the activities STORYLINE: More than 100 students at Mashrek International School in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Thursday experienced Chinese culture through a series of interactive activities. The event featuring Chinese calligraphy, tea culture, and Chinese martial arts, among others, was warmly welcomed by the students. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): REEMA KASSEM, Coordinator at Mashrek International School of Jordan "The aim behind hosting this event is great. They are enquiring about celebrations from all over the world. And one of the traditions and cultures and celebrations that we believe and introduce them to is the Chinese tradition and culture and festivals. Previously, w

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Vlog: Foreign students tour Spring Festival shopping fair in rural China

STORY: Vlog: Foreign students tour Spring Festival shopping fair in rural China DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the market 2. SOUNDBITE (English): RUEANG NGAM NAMRIN, Thai student, Ningxia Medical University STORYLINE: Rueang Ngam Namrin, a Thai student with Ningxia Medical University in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, spends her first Spring Festival in China. She went to a century-old fair in a county with her Bengali friend, Sultana Albida, to buy New Year's goods and feel the festive atmosphere in rural China. SOUNDBITE (English): RUEANG NGAM NAMRIN, Thai student, Ningxia Medical University "Let's go. So here we are at the Jingui market. It has a very long history of about 100 years and Chinese come here for the Spring Festival. They come here for shopping. We're here for shopping. Yeah. We're also here for shopping. What did you shop today? That's just a cotton candy, waiting for more. Yeah, waiting for more

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Students from disaster-hit region give concert

NEW YORK, United States - About 70 students from Japan's northeastern region hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami give a concert in New York on March 22, 2013, to express their gratitude for support in rebuilding the region. The students from five high schools in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures sang Verdi's "Requiem" together with a choir of around 100 singers from New Jersey at Lincoln Center.

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Singaporean mission to disaster-hit Japan

SINGAPORE, Singapore - About 100 college students attend a ceremony in Singapore on July 12, 2011, before heading to Japan under a mission to help promote tourism in the northeastern part of the country which was hit by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Youth climate summit begins in Kobe for 3-day run

KOBE, Japan - Students declare the opening of an international youth meeting on the environment in Kobe on May 22. The three-day meeting brings together about 100 students, mostly elementary and junior high school students, from 20 countries and Taiwan.

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Honduras stage Japanese play about hardships

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Students at Honduras' national arts academy perform a play based on the Japanese legend ''Kome Hyappyo'' (100 Sacks of Rice), about a starving feudal clan that spends a chaaritable gift on education instead of food. The Honduran government has taken a cue from Tokyo's use of the legend to encourage Japanese.

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Honduras to stage Japan play about hardships

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Students at the Honduras national arts academy rehearse a play based on the Japanese legend ''Kome Hyappyo'' (100 Sacks of Rice), about a starving feudal clan that spends a charitable gift on education instead of food. The Honduran government has taken a cue from Tokyo's use of the legend to encourage Japanese.

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100 students attend Osaka job fair for foreign residents

OSAKA, Japan - Graduating foreign students who are permanently residing in Japan are briefed by a company official in an annual job fair for such students in Osaka on Feb. 20. About 100 such students attended the fair co-sponsored by about 30 Japanese companies and organized by the Osaka International Understanding Education Research Center, a predominantly Korean association.

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Japanese electric car completes round-the-world trip

LOS ANGELES, United States - Masaharu Fujinaka (C), professor of Tokyo Denki University, and his students pose for pictures in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, on Oct. 10 after completing the final leg of their round-the-world journey in an electric car. Fujinaka's team left Japan on July 3 to begin the 18,000 kilometer journey through Russia, Europe and the United States. During the 100-day journey, Masahiro Furukawa, the 22-year-old driver, traveled about 70 kilometers per hour, averaging about 300 km per day.

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Japanese attempt 2nd around-the-world electric car trip

TOKYO, Japan - A four-member group from Tokyo Denki University sets off July 3 on a second attempt to travel around the world in a car converted to run on electric power. Masaharu Fujinaka, professor of electrical engineering at the university, and three of his students left the Kanda campus in Tokyo in the morning for Toyama, central Japan, where they will board a ferry for the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok. The 18,000-kilometer journey, expected to take about 100 days, will take them through Russia, Europe and the United States.

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Memorial service held for Commonwealth POWs

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A memorial service for prisoners of war from the British Commonwealth who died at detention camps in Japan during World War II took place on Aug. 7 in Yokohama. About 100 people, including diplomats from Australia and New Zealand as well as Japanese students and citizens, attended the Christian service at the British Commonwealth War Cemetery in the city's Hodogaya Ward.

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Global Confucius Institute Day celebrated in Afghanistan

STORY: Global Confucius Institute Day celebrated in Afghanistan DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the "Global Confucius Institute Day" celebrations in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: A series of activities were held at Kabul University in the Afghan capital from Wednesday to Thursday to celebrate the Global Confucius Institute Day. Over the two days, over 100 students and people from all walks of life participated in the cultural experience subjects at Kabul University, such as traditional Chinese calligraphy and paper cutting. Speeches about the story of Confucius were made by students from the Confucius Institute on Thursday to culminate the event. Speaking on the occasion, Hamid Ghulami, a teacher at the Confucius Institute, said that more than 90 students have been learning Chinese language and Chinese literature in the institute and the number of Chinese literature fans is on the rise in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's only Co

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World Vocational College Skills Competition wraps up

STORY: World Vocational College Skills Competition wraps up DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of first World Vocational College Skills Competition STORYLINE: The first World Vocational College Skills Competition has wrapped up in China's Tianjin and Jiangxi. It has attracted about 1,000 participants from more than 100 countries and regions in the world. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GENG JIE, Director of Vocational Education Research Center, Tianjin Academy of Educational Sciences "This competition serves as a platform for increasing friendship and enhancing skills exchanges between students and faculty members of vocational colleges from various countries and regions. It also offers an arena for vocational colleges of different countries and regions to showcase their advanced equipment, resources and modes of teaching." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China. (XHTV)

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Malta hosts Chinese kite festival

STORY: Malta hosts Chinese kite festival DATELINE: June 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of students and visitors attending the Chinese kite festival 2. various of the lion dance performance STORYLINE: The Esplora Interactive Science Centre in Malta was bustling with activities on Wednesday as students from primary schools got a break from the classroom to attend the 4th edition of the Chinese kite festival. The festival was organized jointly by the China Cultural Center in Malta, the Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, the Ministry of Education and Esplora to encourage schoolchildren to celebrate diversity, unity and different cultures through the building of kites. Wednesday's event was attended by about 100 primary students from seven schools. It culminated in a colorful lion dance performance. There is also a kite exhibition that will remain open until Friday. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, president emeritus and chair of th

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Cape Town residents clean up beach on World Oceans Day

STORY: Cape Town residents clean up beach on World Oceans Day DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: CAPE TOWN, South Africa CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of cleanup beach activity 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NICHOLAS MACLOUD, manager of Sirocco 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TARA, Cape Town resident STORYLINE: About 100 people from South Africa's Cape Town on Wednesday joined a beach cleanup activity to celebrate World Oceans Day. The activity was jointly organized by a cafe, Sirocco, the environmental organizations of the Save Our Seas Foundation, the foundation's Shark Education Center and The Beach Co-op. It was supported by local schools, which brought 55 students to join the efforts, and other local shops that gave chocolates and pastries. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NICHOLAS MACLOUD, Manager of Sirocco "We are gonna be cleaning up the beach along here, along the strip, along the rocks. We obviously are all aware of what's going on with litter and pollution in the ocean. We are just

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Chinese singing contest held in Madagascar

STORY: Chinese singing contest held in Madagascar DATELINE: March 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:17 LOCATION: Antananarivo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of authorities singing national anthems 2. various of Zo Rasendra taking speech 3. various of students performing before contest 4. various of candidates singing 5. various of jury judging 6. various of school representative 7. SOUNDBITE 1 (Malagasy): ANDRIANTSIFERANA RUTHA ESTHER, First Prize winner 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (Malagasy): LINA GPE, Chinese singer STORYLINE: The finals of the inaugural Chinese singing contest was held during the weekend in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. The contest, co-organized by the Confucius Institute of the University of Antananarivo, the Confucius Institute of the University of Toamasina and the Ecole de la Francophonie, was aimed to encourage young people to learn Chinese. About 100 competitors participated, 24 of them advancing to the semifinals. Andriantsiferana Rutha Esther, one of the 10 finalists, won the fi

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Mechanical watches made in Japan by Mirco

In May, Mirco launched its first product, TYPE-02, a mechanical wristwatch with a chronograph function inspired by the 1970s, priced at 250,000 yen, excluding consumption tax. About 100 units were produced and sold out immediately. The customer base was split 50/50 between Japan and overseas. President Hiraoka and Tatsuya Watanabe, director of the company, were close friends who worked hard together in their high school American football team. When they were students, they talked about the appeal of watches, and President Hiraoka went to work for Orient Watch (now Seiko Epson) and Director Watanabe went to work for a watch specialty store. Nowadays, the number of Japanese craftsmen who have the skills to manufacture mechanical watches is decreasing, pushed by quartz watches. Feeling a sense of crisis that Japanese technology was being lost, he accumulated funds and know-how to establish the company. Photo taken on February 18, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Chinese journalist urges Beijing, Tokyo to mend ties over war

Ma Licheng, a former editorial writer for the Chinese Communist Party's official People's Daily, gives a lecture at Nihon University in Tokyo on June 12, 2015, telling an audience of about 100 Japanese and Chinese students that reconciliation between China and Japan is most important as this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Foreign Minister Maehara speaks at Peking University

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara delivers a speech before about 100 academics and students at Peking University in Beijing on Oct. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youth climate summit begins in Kobe for 3-day run

KOBE, Japan - Students declare the opening of an international youth meeting on the environment in Kobe on May 22. The three-day meeting brings together about 100 students, mostly elementary and junior high school students, from 20 countries and Taiwan. (Kyodo)

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100 students attend Osaka job fair for foreign residents

OSAKA, Japan - Graduating foreign students who are permanently residing in Japan are briefed by a company official in an annual job fair for such students in Osaka on Feb. 20. About 100 such students attended the fair co-sponsored by about 30 Japanese companies and organized by the Osaka International Understanding Education Research Center, a predominantly Korean association.

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Singaporean mission to disaster-hit Japan

SINGAPORE, Singapore - About 100 college students attend a ceremony in Singapore on July 12, 2011, before heading to Japan under a mission to help promote tourism in the northeastern part of the country which was hit by the March earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Honduras stage Japanese play about hardships

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Students at Honduras' national arts academy perform a play based on the Japanese legend ''Kome Hyappyo'' (100 Sacks of Rice), about a starving feudal clan that spends a chaaritable gift on education instead of food. The Honduran government has taken a cue from Tokyo's use of the legend to encourage Japanese. (Kyodo)

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Honduras to stage Japan play about hardships

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Students at the Honduras national arts academy rehearse a play based on the Japanese legend ''Kome Hyappyo'' (100 Sacks of Rice), about a starving feudal clan that spends a charitable gift on education instead of food. The Honduran government has taken a cue from Tokyo's use of the legend to encourage Japanese. (Kyodo)

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Japanese electric car completes round-the-world trip

LOS ANGELES, United States - Masaharu Fujinaka (C), professor of Tokyo Denki University, and his students pose for pictures in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, on Oct. 10 after completing the final leg of their round-the-world journey in an electric car. Fujinaka's team left Japan on July 3 to begin the 18,000 kilometer journey through Russia, Europe and the United States. During the 100-day journey, Masahiro Furukawa, the 22-year-old driver, traveled about 70 kilometers per hour, averaging about 300 km per day.

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Japanese attempt 2nd around-the-world electric car trip

TOKYO, Japan - A four-member group from Tokyo Denki University sets off July 3 on a second attempt to travel around the world in a car converted to run on electric power. Masaharu Fujinaka, professor of electrical engineering at the university, and three of his students left the Kanda campus in Tokyo in the morning for Toyama, central Japan, where they will board a ferry for the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok. The 18,000-kilometer journey, expected to take about 100 days, will take them through Russia, Europe and the United States.