Students in Aichi Prefecture are exchanging letters and pictures with children in the Philippines as part of a mutual understanding project led by a Nagoya-based nonprofit organization working in the impoverished nation.
The International Children's Action Network, based in Naka Ward, launched the project seven years ago to help children in the two countries, deepen their understanding of each other and their vastly different cultures.
This year, ICAN expects some 4,500 letters to be exchanged between the two countries.