Tokyo Photo News February 2022

As one of the initiatives of the “Global Financial City: Tokyo 2.0” vision, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has established the Tokyo Financial Award to award financial businesses that develop and provide innovative financial products and services that contribute to solving the needs and problems of the people and businesses in Tokyo, and that promote ESG investment.
The award ceremony for the Tokyo Financial Award 2021 was held on February 7, and the winners in the Financial Innovation and ESG Investment categories were awarded.

The governor toured COVID-19 medical treatment facilities (Tachikawa City) on February 8th and 9th. This is the second such facility in Tokyo after the first in front of Yurakucho Station. It is in principle for those who are asymptomatic and have been confirmed to be infected, in order to prevent the spread to family members living with them.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been operating the vaccine buses since February 14 to promote vaccinations among residents and workers at elderly welfare facilities.
The vaccine buses will be dispatched with doctors and nurses to such facilities with the aim of vaccinating 100 to 200 people each day.

On February 21 and 22, a SoundUD technology exhibition and briefing session was held for officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the 5th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1. Examples of use at the Tokyo 2020 Games and by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and SoundUD-enabled products were introduced. SoundUD is the name of acoustic communication technology that can be used with ordinary speakers. It can be used in conjunction with a smartphone app to display announcements in multiple languages, and is useful for sending out information to foreigners and those who are hard of hearing.