... speech of the ceremony was delivered by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia.
The Asia Kakehashi Project (kakehashi means “bridging” in Japanese) is the initiative announced by the late Japanese Prime Minister ABE Shinzo in 2017 ... ... year. The project is operated by AFS Japan and funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). From 2018 to present, 924 students from 21 countries, 298 schools and 1,532 host families have participated in the project....