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Beijing Olympic wrestling medalists pay a courtesy call on the Governor
On August 27, wrestling medalists of the Beijing Olympic Games paid a courtesy call on Governor Ishihara. The six medalists who visited were gold medalists Kaori Icho and Saori Yoshida, silver medalists Chiharu Icho and Tomohiro Matsunaga, and bronze medalists Kyoko Hamaguchi and Kenichi Yumoto. The Governor praised their effort and said, “You’ve all done extremely well. We were saved by your great performance.” Ms. Kyoko Hamaguchi expressed her bid expectations by saying, “I hope Tokyo will host the Olympic Games in 2016.” Photo: from left, Tomohiro Matsunaga, Chiharu Icho, Saori Yoshida, Governor Ishihara, Kaori Icho, Kyoko Hamaguchi and Kenichi Yumoto.
Departing ceremony of wrap buses with “Fire Brigade Members Wanted” ads photograph
On August 25, the Tokyo Fire Department held a departing ceremony of wrap buses promoting recruitment of local fire brigade members prior to September, the month designated for enhancement of firefighter recruiting. The ceremony was held in front of the main entrance on the second floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government No.1 Building. There is a shortage of approximately 10% of the 16,000 firefighters required for the Ward area. To fulfill the number of firefighters and to promote people to join, advertising will be run on four metropolitan buses and one car per Toei Streetcar Arakawa line until September 24. Photo: Ribbon cutting by singer Kiyoko Suizenji who participated in the ceremony as a member of the firefighter cheering squad, and others.
Preparation for an epicentral earthquake in the Tokyo metropolitan area photograph
On August 31, the day before the designated Disaster Preparedness Day, a comprehensive disaster management drill was held at various locations in Tokyo, based on the scenario that an earthquake with an upper 6 level on the Japanese seismic scale with the epicenter located to the north of the Tokyo Bay had occurred. About 15,000 people took part in the drill. Chuo-dori street in Ginza, the main drill site, which would be normally crowded with people and vehicles, was closed off. Led by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department and accompanied by the Self-Defense Forces and the local community association, the evacuation and rescue drill took place on the assumption of an urban disaster. Photo: SDF personnel rescuing victims from subway premises.
Memories of summer
Cumulonimbus clouds in the sky, the chirring of cicadas, straw hats and the infatuation of catching beetles, taking a nap with your bare belly showing on a hot summer day without any air-conditioning but only a paper fan. Memories of such summers from the distant past were recaptured when I came across a prototype scene of a family on a 20,000-square-meter farmland in Kiyose City where 100,000 sunflowers were in full bloom. Photo: The Kiyose Sunflower Festival.
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