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Baseball: Ohtani donates gloves to Japanese schools

OSHU, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Dec. 22, 2023, shows a baseball glove that Shohei Ohtani donated to his alma mater Anetai Elementary School in Oshu in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, with a message reading "Let's play baseball!." The two-way baseball star is donating three gloves to each of Japan's 20,000 elementary schools and deliveries are expected to be completed by next March. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Ohtani donates gloves to Japanese schools

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2023, shows a baseball glove that Shohei Ohtani donated to his alma mater Anetai Elementary School in Oshu in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, with a message reading "Let's play baseball!." The two-way baseball star is donating three gloves to each of Japan's 20,000 elementary schools and deliveries are expected to be completed by next March.

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School kids perform picture-card show in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Students of two elementary schools in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, perform a picture-card show, as seen in this file photo taken in June 2014, at a temporary housing unit in Nihonmatsu in the northeastern Japan prefecture hit by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Japanese, S. Korean children develop friendship

KARATSU, Japan - Pupils of an elementary school in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, dance to the Japanese folk song "Soranbushi" at the school, to welcome primary school pupils from South Korea (front). The two schools have held exchange events since 2000.

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Japanese, S. Korean children develop friendship

KARATSU, Japan - Pupils of an elementary school in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, dance to the Japanese folk song "Soranbushi" at the school, to welcome primary school pupils from South Korea (R side). The two schools have held exchange events since 2000.

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Fukushima primary school holds outdoor sports meet

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Pupils, most of them wearing surgical masks, at Mikawadai elementary school in Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, compete in a race during an athletic meet on May 12, 2012. Some public primary schools in the city held outdoors athletic meets the same day, a year after two-thirds of schools canceled outdoor events for fear of radiation following the catastrophic accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Elementary, junior high schools in ex-Yamakoshi reopened

NAGAOKA, Japan - Elementary and junior high school students of former Yamakoshi village, Niigata Prefecture, which was hit by a deadly earthquake two years ago, return to their newly built school in Nagaoka on Oct. 30.

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U.S. inaction on gun control fuels mass shooting tragedies: observers

STORY: U.S. inaction on gun control fuels mass shooting tragedies: observers DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Caracas CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of people mourningpics of the schoolvarious of street view in U.S.SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ANTONIO GONZALEZ PLESSMAN, Human rights activist in VenezuelaSOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, United States International University (USIU-Africa) in Kenya STORYLINE: A day of turmoil and grief gripped America's public schools Thursday, as thousands of students staged walkouts across the country to protest the Uvalde shooting in Texas that killed 19 elementary school children and two adults on Tuesday. Some observers say that the U.S. government's inaction on gun control has led to the recurrent gun violence in the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ANTONIO GONZALEZ PLESSMAN, Human rights activist in Venezuela "Now, what is the truth behind this? The real face of the United States is that the country is the primary producer of guns

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Peruvian students of public schools return to classrooms after COVID-19 delay

STORY: Peruvian students of public schools return to classrooms after COVID-19 delay DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of students returning to school 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GLORIA SALDANA, Director of Education Management, IE Brisas de Villa School 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): KEVIN LOZANO, Student at IE Brisas de Villa School STORYLINE: More than 4 million students from public elementary schools in 18 regions of Peru began to return to classrooms on Monday after in-person classes had been suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the schools that reopened its doors was IE Brisas de Villa School in the capital city of Lima. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GLORIA SALDANA, Director of Education Management, IE Brisas de Villa School "After two years of the pandemic and everything that has happened, this return is, as we call it, 'An Education Party.' Here in the Chorrillos District, this is characterized by happiness and commitment." Kevi

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Schools Reopen After Months Of Closure - Naples

A woman accompanies two pupils to the entrance of an elementary school. Today primary, elementary and sixth grade schools reopen after months of closure due to the increase in covid-19 infections. Naples, Italy on April 7, 2021. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Laporta Salvatore/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Cardboard robot kit "M-Bot

Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, has signed a memorandum of understanding with TOMY and NTT DoCoMo regarding programming education in elementary schools, etc. The "e-Craft Series embot," a cardboard robot kit developed by NTT DoCoMo and manufactured and sold by TOMY, will be used in classes. It will be introduced to elementary schools and special needs schools in the ward after 2020, when programming education in elementary schools will become compulsory. The ward has allocated 14 million yen for the purchase of the kit and other expenses in the third supplementary budget plan for fiscal 2007. The classes using the kit are for 5th graders. During the fiscal year 2007, lessons for teachers and preliminary lessons will be held at some elementary schools. The results of the classes will be used as feedback for future product development. The ward plans to collaborate with the two companies in fields other than programming education. Photo taken on November 21, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Fukushima primary school holds outdoor sports meet

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Pupils, most of them wearing surgical masks, at Mikawadai elementary school in Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, compete in a race during an athletic meet on May 12, 2012. Some public primary schools in the city held outdoors athletic meets the same day, a year after two-thirds of schools canceled outdoor events for fear of radiation following the catastrophic accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)

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Entrance ceremony of Fukushima schools

IWAKI, Japan - New pupils of two elementary schools in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, attend a joint entrance ceremony at a makeshift facility in the city of Iwaki in the prefecture on April 6, 2012. The elementary schools and a junior high school in the city resumed classes there the same day. (Kyodo)

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Enrollment ceremonies in tsunami-hit areas

IWAKI, Japan - New first graders pose for a photo at a joint enrollment ceremony for four elementary schools -- two tsunami-hit schools in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and two schools near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- in Iwaki on April 6, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the region. (Kyodo)

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Enrollment ceremonies in tsunami-hit areas

IWAKI, Japan - A new first grader puts on her hat at a reception desk for a joint enrollment ceremony for four elementary schools -- two tsunami-hit schools in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and two schools near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- in Iwaki on April 6, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the region. (Kyodo)

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Enrollment ceremonies in tsunami-hit areas

IWAKI, Japan - New first graders and their parents head to a joint enrollment ceremony for four elementary schools -- two tsunami-hit schools in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and two schools near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- in Iwaki on April 6, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the region. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Two pupils do self-study at an elementary school in Saitama near Tokyo on March 2, 2020. Some schools have left their facilities open for children who cannot stay at home alone while their parents are at work as many schools are closed upon a request by the Japanese government in a bid to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Some schools in Japan resume classes after virus-prompted closures

Students head to an elementary school in Shizuoka, central Japan, on March 16, 2020, as some elementary and junior high schools in Japan resumed classes about two weeks after shutting to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Some schools in Japan resume classes after virus-prompted closures

Students head to an elementary school in Shizuoka, central Japan, on March 16, 2020, as some elementary and junior high schools in Japan resumed classes about two weeks after shutting to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Some schools in Japan resume classes after virus-prompted closures

Students head to an elementary school in Shizuoka, central Japan, on March 16, 2020, as some elementary and junior high schools in Japan resumed classes about two weeks after shutting to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 schools return to Fukushima town 6 yrs after disaster

Students of two elementary schools and one junior high school attend a joint ceremony in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2017, to mark the resumption of classes. For the first time in six years, the students have returned to the town, following the lifting of the central government's evacuation order that had been in place due to the Fukushima Daiichi plant-triggered nuclear radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 schools return to Fukushima town 6 yrs after disaster

Students of two elementary schools and one junior high school attend a joint ceremony in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2017, to mark the resumption of classes. For the first time in six years, the students have returned to the town, following the lifting of the central government's evacuation order that had been in place due to the Fukushima Daiichi plant-triggered nuclear radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo