A soccer ball and flowers are offered at the site of a fatal traffic accident in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Feb. 22. The construction fencing was an opaque white when Kairi Okubo, 8, who loved playing soccer, was killed here in February 2020. (Emi Iwata)
Construction sites are taking on a more transparent look in Tokyo in the wake of a traffic accident that claimed the life of a child where the driver’s view was obscured.
Third-grader Kairi Okubo, 8, was struck by a van and killed on a crosswalk at an intersection in Tokyo’s Minato Ward in February last year.
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A few weeks before the start of this summer’s Olympics, the roughly 70,000 individuals volunteering for the event received a bag of supplies that likely looked nothing like the official kits of the past.
In addition to a T-shirt, other items of clothing and a water bottle to keep hydrated in the summer heat, came a bottle of hand sanitizer, two face masks and a record book for recording your health.
It’s not like the volunteers are being given hazmat suits, but these items the familiar first line of defense in the COVID-19 pandemic are a reminder that the Games are being held under extraordinary circumstances. Still, volunteers seem undeterred from making theirs a positive experience.
As summer approaches, and with it the high risk of heatstroke, many schools are grappling with whether students should wear masks during PE class.
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry has said masks are not needed during PE, but fears over the coronavirus spreading have prompted many children to wear them anyway.
During PE class for about 30 sixth-grade students at an elementary school in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, the teacher in charge told the students to take off their masks, to help prevent heatstroke. However, one student put her mask back on, saying, “I’m scared I’ll get infected if I don’t have my mask on.”
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