Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe high-fives a student from the Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku in Davao City during his visit to the school on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Students of Mintal Elementary School wave Japanese and Philippine flags on Friday morning, Jan. 13, 2017 as they await for the arrival of Japan First Lady Akie Abe in Barangay Mintal. The village is known as the Little Tokyo of prewar Philippines. (Christine Megriño/davaotoday.com)
A selected group of students form Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's name with their hands as Abe visits the Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku in Davao City on Friday, Jan. 13. ?Some 1,700 students welcomed Abe during his visit. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Young students of the Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku in Davao City wave Philippine and Japanese flags during the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, Jan. 13. ?Some 1,700 students from the school welcomed Abe. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Madam Akie Abe arrive at the Franciso Bangoy International Airport in Davao City on Thursday evening, Jan. 12, 2015. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)