Asian Games launch "Asian Games, Hangzhou Charms" campaign on 50 Days To Go milestone

STORY: Asian Games launch "Asian Games, Hangzhou Charms" campaign on 50 Days To Go milestone DATELINE: Aug. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the short film "Asian Games SHOW Hangzhou" STORYLINE: The Hangzhou Asian Games launched the "Asian Games, Hangzhou Charms" campaign here on Friday, as part of the celebration marking the milestone of 50 Days To Go until the Opening Ceremony on Sept. 23. The "Asian Games, Hangzhou Charms" campaign is a trilogy of short films that deliver a unique view of Hangzhou, from the perspective of sports, urban experience and legacy. The first short film, "Asian Games SHOW Hangzhou", is a stop-motion animation produced on Hangzhou silk. As a quintessential cultural element of Hangzhou, Silk was a gift presented to the Heads of State at the 2016 Hangzhou G20 Summit, as a symbol of cultural exchange, modernity and fashion. The short film, produced by individual frames embroidered on a thousand individual pieces of Hangz

Semigov't body begins drive to teach children about finance

Semigov't body begins drive to teach children about finance

NAGOYA, Japan - Some 200 students attend a special class on consumer education by financial planner Katsumi Ichionose at a junior high school in Nagoya on July 13. The school was chosen as the first stop in campaign by the Central Council for Financial Services Information, a government-private sector body, to tour some 20 schools across the nation to teach children about financial affairs.

Ozawa begins stumping for upper house poll

Ozawa begins stumping for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa calls for voter support for his party and party candidates in the July 29 House of Councillors election during his first campaign stop in Tokyo's Shibuya district on July 12.

Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

★Dr Bahar Jalali, Such a terrible feeling to see the pictures. Worse, no one is able to do anything to stop this. No hope, Afghan women have started an online Twitter campaign to protest the Taliban's female dress code by posting photos with traditional clothes. The photos went viral with a hashtag: #DoNotTouchMyClothes. That hashtag and #AfghanistanCulture soon became a worldwide trend on social media. It all started with one photograph from Dr Bahar Jalali, a former history professor at the American University in Afghanistan. The photos, the hashtags and the viral online campaign soon became a global protest- where Afghan women were saying 'No' to the Taliban diktat on clothes. Dr Bahar Jalali, an Afghan historian and gender studies expert, posted the first photo using the #DoNotTouchMyClothes hashtag, which has since inspired Afghan women across the globe. Afghanistan, September 12, 20

Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

★Dr Bahar Jalali, Such a terrible feeling to see the pictures. Worse, no one is able to do anything to stop this. No hope, Afghan women have started an online Twitter campaign to protest the Taliban's female dress code by posting photos with traditional clothes. The photos went viral with a hashtag: #DoNotTouchMyClothes. That hashtag and #AfghanistanCulture soon became a worldwide trend on social media. It all started with one photograph from Dr Bahar Jalali, a former history professor at the American University in Afghanistan. The photos, the hashtags and the viral online campaign soon became a global protest- where Afghan women were saying 'No' to the Taliban diktat on clothes. Dr Bahar Jalali, an Afghan historian and gender studies expert, posted the first photo using the #DoNotTouchMyClothes hashtag, which has since inspired Afghan women across the globe. Afghanistan, September 12, 20

Semigov't body begins drive to teach children about finance

Semigov't body begins drive to teach children about finance

NAGOYA, Japan - Some 200 students attend a special class on consumer education by financial planner Katsumi Ichionose at a junior high school in Nagoya on July 13. The school was chosen as the first stop in campaign by the Central Council for Financial Services Information, a government-private sector body, to tour some 20 schools across the nation to teach children about financial affairs. (Kyodo)

Ozawa begins stumping for upper house poll

Ozawa begins stumping for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa calls for voter support for his party and party candidates in the July 29 House of Councillors election during his first campaign stop in Tokyo's Shibuya district on July 12.