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Educator and former Gabriela Women's Party representative Luzviminda Ilagan encourages the public to support the One Billion Rising movement, which aims to change the people's perspective on violence that affects not just men, but women as well in a press conference on Monday, Jan. 16 (Jaycel Villacorte/davaotoday.com)

A taho vendor attends to students of Mintal Elementary School as they take a short break while waiting for the arrival of Japanese First Lady Akie Abe outside the Mintal Public Cemetery on Friday morning, Jan. 13, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

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)