In this Issue - The Japan Foundation, Manila

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People • Events • Places
PHILIPPINES-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP MONTH (JULY)
The Yamato: Drummers of Japan concert spearheaded this year’s Philippines-
Japan Friendship Month with a three-day performance at the SM malls last July 8,
9, and 10.
Out of the Ordinary / Extraordinary:
Japanese contemporary photography
exhibit opened last June 22 at the
Metropolitan Museum of Manila. The exhibit,
which ran until September 30, featured the
works of 11 Japanese photographers.
Members of the
Yamato along
with (L-R) SM
Vice President
Millie Dizon, JICC
Director Tomoko
Dodo, Japan
Foundation Manila
former Director
Ben Suzuki, and
Cebu Pacific
Vice President
for Distribution
Candice Iyog,
posing for the
camera during the
press con held at
Sofitel.
Crowd lining up during the
invitational screening of Always,
Sunset at Third Street 2 (ALWAYS
zoku San-chome no yuhi) last July
1, 2010 at the Cinema 4 of the
Shangri-La Plaza. The Eiga Sai
was held from July 1-11 at the
Shangri-La Plaza, July 23-25 at the
Gaisano South City Mall, Davao,
August 3-8 at the Ayala Center,
Cebu, and August 18-21 at the UP
Film Institute.
(L-R) Japan Foundation, Manila former
director Ben Suzuki, Metropolitan
Museum Vice Chairman Cora Alvina, JICC
director Tomoko Dodo, MET Museum
Board of Trustees Member Architect
Emmanuel Miñana, during the ribboncutting.
Guests viewing Okada Hiroko’s “Delivery by
Male” series which presents photographs
of pregnant men posing in a fertility clinic.
The band “Himitsu” composed of
Jhonalene Sison, Dawn Morco, Pedro
Angelo Besat, Julius Tasis and Kenneth
Justin Alba, grabbed the first prize in
the J-pop/Anime Singing Contest
held last July 24, at the Cyberzone Event
Center, SM North EDSA.
Japan’s most loved mascot,
Doraemon, dropped by for
a visit and gamely posed
with the audience at the
J-pop/Anime Singing
Contest.
(Right) The J-Enka 1st place winners and
(Above) J-Pop 1st Place winners during the
J-Music Video 2010: J-Pop & J-Enka
held at UP Diliman last August 31.