Heritage protection class held for Afghan students

STORY: Heritage protection class held for Afghan students SHOOTING TIME: June 16, 2024 DATELINE: June 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: BAMIYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: CULTURE/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the outdoor class in Bamiyan City 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): MOHAMMAD ZAID, Sixth-grader 3. various of the outdoor class in Bamiyan City STORYLINE: An outdoor class aimed at promoting cultural relics protection for Afghan primary school students kicked off Sunday in central Afghanistan's Bamiyan province. The class was organized by a six-member team consisting of Chinese archaeologists and cultural heritage experts, along with Afghan experts and officials, respectively at the giant Buddhas site and Shahr-e Gholghola, both part of the UNESCO-listed world heritage in the Bamiyan Valley. During the class, Afghan pupils were taught about the status quo of cultural relics protection in Bamiyan, practical skills needed for heritage protection, and the history of cultural exchanges between Afghanistan an

China-aided poverty alleviation project brings hope to Cambodia's remote village

STORY: China-aided poverty alleviation project brings hope to Cambodia's remote village DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:58 LOCATION: BATI, Cambodia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tanorn village 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): PANG SAMEDY, Tanorn village chief 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): PECH NAVY, Villager 4. various of the Angkomnob Primary School 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): SAL SAMNANG, Sixth-grader at Angkomnob Primary School STORYLINE: Tanorn village is located in Bati district of Takeo province in Cambodia, roughly 60 km south of the country's capital Phnom Penh. With a total area of 72 hectares, the tiny poor village is home to 127 households with 615 people. According to its village chief, the village was once isolated due to poor access roads, with no clean water, electricity, school, and health center. However, the situation completely changed after the China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD) funded a poverty alleviation project in the village. Launched in January 2021, the nearly-co

Kyoto manga museum marks 1 mil. visitors

Kyoto manga museum marks 1 mil. visitors

KYOTO, Japan - Liana Smale (L), a 12-year-old sixth grader from Los Angeles, receives a certificate from ''Mamyu,'' the mascot of Kyoto International Manga Museum, at the museum in Kyoto on Aug. 23, 2010, with her family as she became the 1 millionth visitor to the museum.

Boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof

Boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers check a broken rooftop skylight window at an elementary school in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on June 18 after Kiyomasa Nakamura, a sixth grader at the school, broke it and fell to his death.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

OSATO, Japan - Police officers examine the area in front of the main gate at Omatsuzawa Elementary School in the town of Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 20 after Ruika Abe, a sixth grader at the school, was stabbed there by a 56-year-old man.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

OSATO, Japan - Police officers examine the area in front of the main gate at Omatsuzawa Elementary School in the town of Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 20 after Ruika Abe, a sixth grader at the school, was stabbed there by a 56-year-old man.

Primary school student stabbed to death by cram school teacher

Primary school student stabbed to death by cram school teacher

KYOTO, Japan - Police investigators check the entrance to a cram school in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 10 after 12-year-old Sayano Horimoto, a primary school sixth-grader, was stabbed to by Yu Hagino, a 23-year-old part-time teacher.

Colorful activities enrich children's lives at Chinese schools

STORY: Colorful activities enrich children's lives at Chinese schools DATELINE: Nov. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of aerial views of the primary school 2. STANDUP 1 (English): LIU RUNZHI, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of pupils in a farming experiencing activity 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Student 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FENG YUHAO, Sixth-grader 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG YUYUAN, Sixth-grader 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHANG YUCHEN, Sixth-grader 8. various of the sewing class 9. STANDUP 2 (English): LIU RUNZHI, Xinhua correspondent 10. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): JIANG RUOYIN, Fifth-grader 11. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): LIU MUFAN, Fourth-grader 12. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): CHEN JIAN, Teacher of the sewing class 13. SOUNDBITE 8 (Chinese): LI JIMENG, School principal STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): LIU RUNZHI, Xinhua correspondent "After China launched a 'double reduction' policy to ease students' burden, positive changes have taken place. Chil

GLOBALink | Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia

STORY: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the schoolvarious of studentsSOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHAN VANNA, Area program coordinator for Life With DignitySOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): KHONG THEANG, Principal of the Khlaing Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 3 (Cambodian): TUON KANHCHANEATH, Sixth-grader at the Prey Thom Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 4 (Cambodian): SOU LYHONG, Sixth-grader at the Prey Thom Primary School STORYLINE: A shortage of school materials and appropriate toilets and sanitary facilities used to be the key challenges for some primary schools here in the far-flung area of Bavel district, roughly 90 km west of Cambodia's Battambang provincial town. But the issues have been gradually addressed since 2019 after the Amity Foundation, a Chinese voluntary organization, has provided scholarships to students and helped build basic infrastructure such as toilets and handwashin

(1)File photos of Princess Sayako's fianc Kuroda

(1)File photos of Princess Sayako's fianc Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiki Kuroda (L in middle row) poses for photos with sixth-grader classmates at Gakushuin Primary School in this undated file photo. The Imperial Household Agency announced on Dec. 30 that Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry Kuroda, now a Tokyo metropolitan government official after next summer. (Kyodo)

FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

Musician Gen Nagahara demonstrates the djembe for fifth- and sixth-graders gathered at Toyotama Minami Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Jan. 13, 2018. Fifth-grader Dabide Denishi, 11, was selected to play the percussion instrument in front of the class. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Trailer houses used as shelter for evacuees from quakes

Trailer houses used as shelter for evacuees from quakes

Photo taken June 19, 2016, shows Yuko Hamamoto (L), 46, taking shelter in a trailer house with her eldest son, a sixth-grader, in the southwestern Japanese town of Mashiki, severely damaged by a series of powerful earthquakes. As of June 19, 19 trailer houses had been secured. They are to be used through the end of August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese speech contest for young students held in Nagoya

Japanese speech contest for young students held in Nagoya

Sumie Meza, a sixth grader originally from Peru studying at an elementary school in Aichi Prefecture, talks about her future dream at a Japanese speech contest in Nagoya on Nov. 14, 2015. A total of 15 elementary and junior high school students whose mother tongues are not Japanese participated in the event in the central Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea leader's 3rd son to join party leadership in Sept.

N. Korea leader's 3rd son to join party leadership in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken around June 1998 shows a boy believed to be Kim Jong Un, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, when he was a sixth grader at the elementary school. Kim Jong Un, possible heir to the country's leader, is expected to join the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea in September 2010. One of Kim Jong Un's former classmates provided the photo in June 2009. (Kyodo)

Kyoto manga museum marks 1 mil. visitors

Kyoto manga museum marks 1 mil. visitors

KYOTO, Japan - Liana Smale (L), a 12-year-old sixth grader from Los Angeles, receives a certificate from ''Mamyu,'' the mascot of Kyoto International Manga Museum, at the museum in Kyoto on Aug. 23, 2010, with her family as she became the 1 millionth visitor to the museum. (Kyodo)

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

OSATO, Japan - Police officers examine the area in front of the main gate at Omatsuzawa Elementary School in the town of Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 20 after Ruika Abe, a sixth grader at the school, was stabbed there by a 56-year-old man. (Kyodo)

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

11-year-old girl stabbed by man in Miyagi Pref.

OSATO, Japan - Police officers examine the area in front of the main gate at Omatsuzawa Elementary School in the town of Osato, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 20 after Ruika Abe, a sixth grader at the school, was stabbed there by a 56-year-old man. (Kyodo)

Boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof

Boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers check a broken rooftop skylight window at an elementary school in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on June 18 after Kiyomasa Nakamura, a sixth grader at the school, broke it and fell to his death. (Kyodo)

Primary school student stabbed to death by cram school teacher

Primary school student stabbed to death by cram school teacher

KYOTO, Japan - Police investigators check the entrance to a cram school in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 10 after 12-year-old Sayano Horimoto, a primary school sixth-grader, was stabbed to by Yu Hagino, a 23-year-old part-time teacher. (Kyodo)

Parents search for their children, their belongings

Parents search for their children, their belongings

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Keitaro Fukuda looks through piles of items to find his children's belongings around the Okawa Elementary School in quake-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 24, 2011. He is still searching for his son, a third-grader at the elementary school, while his daughter, a sixth-grader, was found dead following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which devastated the area. (Kyodo)

Graduation ceremony at tsunami-hit school

Graduation ceremony at tsunami-hit school

ONAGAWA, Japan - A graduating sixth grader (C standing) talks about his dreams for the future during the graduation ceremony of an elementary school in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011. The area was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)

Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake

People gather for a storytelling event on Aug. 19, 2018 at the ruins of the Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, a monument to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The storyteller Toshiro Sato lost his daughter Mizuho, who was a sixth-grader at the school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

School dogs

School dogs

Riri Otani (R), a sixth grader at St. Margaret's Elementary School in Suginami ward, Tokyo, and her schoolmates walk dogs near the school in December 2017. Four dogs, including the three shown in this photo, participated in an excursion and other events sponsored by the elementary school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

School dogs

School dogs

Riri Otani, a sixth grader at St. Margaret's Elementary School in Suginami ward, Tokyo, walks a dog near the school in December 2017. Four dogs, including the one walked by Otani, participated in an excursion and other events sponsored by the elementary school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Elementary school children enjoy eating queen crabs

Elementary school children enjoy eating queen crabs

TOYAMA, Japan - A sixth-grader at an elementary school in Shin-Minato, Toyama Prefecture, holds a queen crab Nov. 4. A local fisheries cooperative plans to present some 2,500 queen crabs to all the 34 elementary schools in Shin-Minato by the end of November to promote local marine foods. (Kyodo)