UP Center for International Studies

24/09/2026

On Monday, 07 September 2026, the UP Center for International Studies took a significant step toward strengthening Korea Studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman as its faculty and faculty affiliates defended the proposal to institute a Minor in Korea Studies in the Social Science and Law Cluster level.

The proposed program seeks to provide UP students with a structured academic pathway in pursuing further studies on Korea and to encourage sustained interdisciplinary engagement with the country’s language, history, culture, society, politics, and economy. The program is anchored on the strong Korean language offerings of the UP Department of Linguistics and complemented by a range of interdisciplinary Korea-related courses offered across UP Diliman.

This proposal is the culmination of more than seven years of course development, curriculum planning, and academic collaboration led by UPCIS faculty and East and Southeast Asian Studies Coordinator Dr.. Amparo Adelina C. Umali, III and UPCIS faculty and European Studies Coordinator and curriculum specialist Asst. Prof. Raymond A. Macapagal. Their efforts were supported by three UPCIS directors over the course of the program’s development: formerly Dr. Cynthia Neri Zayas and Asst. Prof. Sarah Raymundo and current Director Dr. Ramon G. Guillermo.

The conceptualization and development of the Minor in Korea Studies also benefited from the invaluable support and expertise of the UP Korea Research Center (UP KRC) directors: former Asian Center Dean Dr. Eduardo T. Gonzales, UPCIS faculty affiliate and UP Department of Linguistics faculty Dr. Aldrin Lee, and current UP KRC Director Dr. Kyung Min Bae, who is likewise a UPCIS faculty affiliate.

The initiative further reflects the collaborative and interdisciplinary character of Korea Studies at UP Diliman. UPCIS worked with Korea specialist Dr. Michelle Palumbarit of the UP Asian Center; and faculty affiliates who are Korea-Spcialists from various academic units of the University, including: Asst. Prof. Jay-Ar Igno of the Department of Linguistics; Dr. Erik Paolo Capistrano, current Dean of the Virata School of Business; Dr. Patrick Campos of the UP Film Institute; Dr. Jean S. Encinas-Franco of the Department of Political Science; Ma. Portia Placino and Harveen Ang, lecturers at UP CIS.

Through these sustained efforts and collaborations, UPCIS seeks to establish a stronger academic foundation for Korea Studies at UP Diliman and to provide students with greater opportunities to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of Korea within the broader context of East Asian and global studies.

18/09/2026

HAPPENING NOW:

Dr. Frances Cruz delivers the lecture entitled "J/AULA: Digital Discourse in the Age of Tech Giants for the 2026 UPCIS Consuelo Joaquin-Paz Memorial lecture.

The UPCIS 2026 CJP Memorial lecture is on-site only. It is free and open to the public.

17/09/2026

The Aguilar San Juan Scholarship Grant by the Center for International Studies UP Diliman is now accepting applications for Academic Year 2026–2027.

Calling all regular students from UP Diliman whose main course of study is any of the following:
(a) the history and culture of the Philippines;
(b) the Filipino national identity;
(c) the democratic struggle for Philippine sovereignty and progress; or
(d) analogous academic courses.

Preference will be given to a beneficiary who has conducted, or is conducting, research under the auspices of the Center for International Studies and/or mentorship of its faculty in accordance with the foregoing main courses of study.

To apply: open the link or scan the QR code in the photo or click the link below: https://forms.gle/8Wac3a1y7CLA9hsj8

For inquiries about the grant, send an email to [email protected]
For inquiries about the application, send an email to [email protected]

Deadline: October 9, 2026

📢 OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

The Aguilar San Juan Scholarship Grant by Center for International Studies UP Diliman is now accepting applications for Academic Year 2026–2027.

Calling all regular students from UP Diliman whose main course of study is any of the following:

(a) the history and culture of the Philippines;
(b) the Filipino national identity;
(c) the democratic struggle for Philippine sovereignty and progress; or
(d) analogous academic courses.

Preference will be given to a beneficiary who has conducted, or is conducting, research under the auspices of the Center for International Studies and/or mentorship of its faculty in accordance with the foregoing main courses of study.

To apply: open the link or scan the QR code in the photo or click the link below: https://forms.gle/8Wac3a1y7CLA9hsj8

For inquiries, send an email to [email protected]

Deadline: October 9, 2026

14/09/2026

HAPPENING NOW:

A special lecture and demonstration of Indonesian culinary culture with honorable guests from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Manila, Ms. Etty Utami Wulandari and Ms Mila Miranda Tarigan (Counsellors for Social and Cultural Affairs), and Mr. Bintang Putra Herdianto (Embassy Chef), is ongoing at the UPCIS, Benton Hall UP Diliman.

This lecture is part of the Southeast Asian Emporiums 30, general education course, under Prof. Raymond Macapagal.

11/09/2026

Reaching Out to the Regions through Okeiko: Bunraku Training-Rehearsal with Recital-Performance

As part of the project “Reaching Out to the Regions through Okeiko: Bunraku Training-Rehearsal with Recital-Performance,” supported by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through the National Committee on Dramatic Arts of the Subcommission on the Arts (SCA), the University of the Philippines Center for International Studies (UPCIS) Bunraku Ensemble, under the leadership of Prof. Amparo Adelina C. Umali, III, Founding Artistic Director, successfully conducted a series of Bunraku training-rehearsals in the three major islands of the Philippines in August 2026.

The training-rehearsal series introduced teachers, students and emerging theater practitioners to Bunraku, the traditional Japanese puppet theater inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Participants received hands-on instruction in the fundamental techniques of Bunraku puppetry, particularly the coordinated three-person one puppet manipulation system: the Omozukai (head and right hand), Hidarizukai (left hand), and Ashizukai (feet). As part of the practical training, participants also learned Ebisu Mai (Dance of Ebisu), a traditional Bunraku dance piece that the UPCIS Bunraku Ensemble itself learned from the Naoshima Onna (Women) Bunraku under the tutelage of Bunraku master Yoshida Bunshi of the National Bunraku Theatre.

The training-rehearsal also encouraged participants to explore Bunraku as a medium for expressing local stories, experiences, and contemporary Philippine realities, while retaining the essential principles of the traditional form. As a sustainability component, one Bunraku puppet complete with costume was provided to each partner institution, enabling participants to continue practicing the techniques and developing locally rooted creative work beyond the training-rehearsal.

The first training-rehearsal was held on August 3–7, 2026 in Butuan City, in partnership with The Kulture Revival Events Core Inc hosted by its CEO and Artistic Director Sai Collado. Sessions were conducted at the Tinampuso Art Gallery managed by Carlito Camahalan Amalla, a founding member of the UPCIS Bunraku Ensemble and at the Balai-Bagani Healing Arts Gallery managed by Collado.

The program brought together teachers and students from National Libertad High School, Timber City Academy, and Butuan School for Arts and Technology. The UPCIS training team was led by Umali, together with Bunraku team-teacher Amalla and Andrea Grace Rodelas, student assistant and member of the UPCIS Bunraku Ensemble.

The second training-rehearsal took place on August 14–17, 2026 for the Dulaang Sipat Lawin of the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) Theater Arts Program, at the Multipurpose Hall, Senior High School Campus, Tranca, Bay, Laguna, under the supervision of PHSA Junior High School Theater Arts Program Adviser Christina Joy M. Cardenas and Senior High School Theater Arts Program Adviser Fredyl Hernandez. Both Cardenas and Hernandez are PHSA Theater Arts alumni (Batch Lucrecia Urtula- Juan Nakpil 2000) The training-rehearsal was facilitated by Umali, a PHSA Theater Arts alumna (Batch Buencamino 1983), with Rodelas and Anjoryin Keezhia Caoile, serving as students assistants.

The third and final training-rehearsal was conducted on August 28–31, 2026, at the University of the Philippines Cebu for members of UPSTAGE – UP Students Theater Arts Guild for Education, under the supervision of Mark Andy Pedere, with the support of Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Palmy Marinel Pe. Both Umali and Pe are PHSA alumni of Batch Buencamino 1983, with the latter from the Visual Arts program.

The training was facilitated by Umali, together with Ms. Kim Quinola, faculty member of the College of Human Economics, who presented techniques for creating puppet costumes and demonstrated puppet dressing. Rodelas and Tanya Marpuri, who is also a member of the UPCIS Bunraku Ensemble served as student assistants.

With NCCA-SCA support, the project brought Bunraku training-rehearsal to secondary schools institutions in Mindanao and Luzon and a tertiary institution in the Visayas, helping expand opportunities for the continued practice, creative adaptation and transmission of Bunraku in the Philippines in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Philippine–Japan Diplomatic Relations.

10/09/2026

The UP Center for International Studies invites you to the 2026 Consuelo Joaquin-Paz Memorial Lecture on Friday, 18 September 2026. This will be held at the UPCIS Classroom C, Benton hall, UP Diliman at 10:00am.

The lecture is in commemoration of the fourth death anniversary of Prof. Consuelo Joaquin-Paz on 15 September. Prof. "Connie" Paz is the founding director of the UPCIS and an accomplished academician in Philippine linguistics and cultural studies.

For this year's lecture, Asst. Prof. Dr. Frances Antoinette Cruz will deliver a lecture entitled, "J/Aula: Digital Discourse in the Age of Tech Giants."

At a time when modes of teaching and learning are increasingly being driven to online spaces due to extreme weather events, an appraisal of the form of digital texts is in order, particularly from the perspective of Dr. Consuelo J. Paz’ legacy of democratizing the Filipino language and promoting the study of language use in social interactions. In this lecture, the speaker highlights the many ways in which written language has transformed through the relatively new and dynamic text type of the social media comment, from formal features to its discursive status in relation to Han’s (2017) psychopolitical critique. Drawing from the latter, the speaker critically examines the productive power of the psyche driven by algorithmic modes of circulation through what some have called data or digital colonialism, driven by large tech companies’ revenue models. The role of social media platforms (such as Facebook and YouTube) in the Philippines as occasional stand-ins for the functions that a public sphere would otherwise fulfill, is one in which algorithms simultaneously act as gatekeepers and amplifiers, raising important questions of democratic access to knowledge, encounters with human ‘others’ and the flattening of forms of discourse. Using data on religion and gender gathered from Philippine social media pages, the speaker demonstrates the potentials of an archive-based epistemological excavation (Oyewùmí 1997; McShane 2021) and frames the findings in terms of potentials and limitations for organizing in spaces where algorithmic mechanisms are evident.

Dr. Frances Antoinette "Frankie" Cruz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of European Languages, College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman. She is also the Deputy Director for Research, Publication and Resource Collection of the UP Center for Women's and Gender Studies. Dr. Frankie holds a joint PhD in Literature and Linguistics and Political Science from the Universities of Antwerp and Ghent in Belgium.

The UPCIS 2026 CJP Memorial lecture is on-site only. It is free and open to the public. Registration starts at 9:00am.

📝 You may pre-register here: https://forms.gle/t3VdjjuTkvz8sTHy8

09/09/2026

UPCIS Delegation Visits Museo ni Dr. Pio Valenzuela and Japanese Cemetery in Support of Research on Philippine–Japan relations

On Sunday, September 6, 2026, the UP Center for International Studies (UPCIS) organized an educational visit to the Museo ni Dr. Pio Valenzuela in Valenzuela City and the Japanese Cemetery for Visiting Professor Hiroshi Onishi, Professor Emeritus of Ferris University, Japan, and a partner in UPCIS’s collaborative research project with Ferris University on Philippine–Japan relations. The visit formed part of UPCIS’s commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Philippine–Japan Diplomatic Relations.

He was accompanied by international exchange students Rena Takashina and Suzune Ishida of Japan Women’s University, Yuya Takehara of Meiji University, and Arthur Taveira of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Joining the delegation were UPCIS Coordinator for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Prof. Amparo Adelina C. Umali, III, UP Department of History graduate student Joy Buenaventura, and UPCIS Extension Associate Genevieve Avila, an Asian Studies (Northeast Asia) graduate student at the UP Asian Center.

The delegation was warmly received by Mr. Jonathan Balsamo, Head of the Cultural and Tourism Office of Valenzuela City, who personally guided the team through the museum’s exhibits. The tour featured archival documents, artifacts, and historical records highlighting Dr. Pio Valenzuela’s life, his pivotal role in the Katipunan, and his memoirs of the revolution.

Of particular significance to Prof. Onishi's research were Valenzuela’s firsthand accounts of the early efforts of Philippine revolutionaries to establish contact with Japan, particularly their attempts to seek Japanese assistance and procure arms for the revolution prior to Mariano Ponce’s diplomatic mission to Japan.

Following the museum tour, the delegation visited the site of the former Japanese Cemetery in Valenzuela City, marked by a shrine honoring the Japanese nationals buried there.

This visit contributed to the ongoing research by providing access to historical materials and sites relevant to the study of early Philippine–Japan relations, while giving the participating students an opportunity to engage directly with this shared history.

07/09/2026

The UPCIS is urgently looking for a new Extension Associate!
For intersted applicants, please send your CV and cover letter addressed to UPCIS Director, Prof. Ramon Guillermo, to: [email protected]

Salary is PhP 43,350.00, subject to govt rules and processes.

Please ensure your application documents are in one (1) pdf file only.

The extension associate will be expected to immediately take on time-sensitive work for a public performance in December 2026, along with other office extension-related tasks.

- Applicants with Graduate units and/or 1-2 year work experience preferred

Successful applicants for interview will be contacted between 14-18 September 2026.

21/08/2026

𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘: 𝟳𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀–𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗡𝗼𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁

The UP Center for International Studies (UPCIS), in partnership with Asian Center, UP Diliman, The Japan Foundation, Manila, and the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines 在フィリピン日本国大使館, cordially invites members of the press, media partners, and the academic community to a press conference for the upcoming FilipiNoh production :日比共同制作能公演「嵐翔」𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙤̄ — 𝙎𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢: 𝘼 𝙅𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣–𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙝 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚.

🗓 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟰 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
⏰𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝟯:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠
📍𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: 𝗚𝗧-𝗧𝗼𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗨𝗣 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆

To be staged in December as part of the 𝟳𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀–𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, Ranshō is an original FilipiNoh play inspired by Voltes V, a beloved symbol of Filipino childhood, resistance, and pop culture. It weaves this iconic figure into the classical tradition of Japanese Noh, alongside Filipino characters and narratives drawn from Philippine history and contemporary realities. The performance will also include the timeless Noh masterpiece 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘬𝘺𝘰̄ (𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦) to be performed mainly by nine Noh masters with the UPCIS Noh Ensemble.

This coming Monday’s press conference will feature 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗽𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗼̄ performed by the UPCIS Noh Ensemble with the assistance of the 𝗡𝗼𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗨𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 (Sh*te-kata) and 𝗢𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗷𝗶 (Ōtsuzumi-kata), both recognized Holders of Important Intangible Cultural Property for Noh Theatre. The performance will be followed by an open forum.

𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://forms.gle/hy69Q8XiSrUJA8gD7

For media inquiries, you may also reach us via email at [email protected].

We look forward to welcoming our media partners and colleagues on August 24!

18/08/2026

𝗡𝗼𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮

The UP Center for International Studies (UPCIS) is delighted to welcome back Noh Grand Masters 𝗨𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 (𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦-𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢) and 𝗢𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗷𝗶 (𝘖̄𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘻𝘶𝘮𝘪-𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢), both recognized by the Government of Japan as Holders of Important Intangible Cultural Property for Noh Theatre. They arrive in Manila tomorrow, 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, for another week of intensive training with the two-decade-old UPCIS Noh Ensemble.

From August 19–25, the Masters will work with the ensemble at UP Diliman on Noh dance, chanting, and musical accompaniment in preparation for the much-anticipated December premiere of: 日比共同制作能公演「嵐翔 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙤̄ — 𝙎𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢: 𝘼 𝙅𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣–𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙝 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚.

The new FilipiNoh play will be presented alongside the timeless Noh masterpiece 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙠𝙮𝙤̄ (𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚) as part of the 𝟳𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀–𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

The performances on 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲–𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, at the 𝗨𝗣 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 will be 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰, while 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 will be held on 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, at the 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗣. 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗥𝗖𝗕𝗖 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗮.

The training-rehearsals are organized by the UP Center for International Studies (UPCIS) in partnership with the Japan Foundation, Manila and the Embassy of Japan.

𝗪𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗮𝘁 𝟯:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗧 𝗧𝗼𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗨𝗣 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻.

Welcome back to Manila, Chozaemon Sensei and Omura Sensei! We are happy to have you with us once again!