first pinoy "EXPORT " to japan

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While the rest if the country spent its holy week out of town,one accidental tourist left holy tuesday for a new life as a basketball import in japan. ALVIN JOSEPH VILLANUEVA lived to play hoops.Two years ago,the starting center for University of the PHILIPPINES INTEGRATED SCHOOL was named outstanding center of the UUAP Junior Tournament.But he never dreamed that he would become the first filipino to be given a basketball scholarship to "the land of the rising sun".