Well, I think everybody knows, that today (as of Monday 7th, 2008) has started the annual G8 summit (or is it the G9?) in the small town of Toyakochou in southern Hokkaido.
As it is stated in the news, there are a lot of security operations going on right now in the northern-most peninsula of the Japanese archipelago, Hokkaido, some of them which definitely are necessary.
However, even in the small suburb of Nakano in Tokyo, the measures undertaken regarding the security in Japan can be seen. Here is my story and how the summit affects my daily morning procedure:
This morning, like every other morning, I went to Shin-Nakano, a close Tokyo Metro station, to board the subway to Yotsuya, where I go almoast every day to do some studies at the universities library. Because usually I just wake up and rush to the station, I buy a can of coffee at one of the vending machines inside the station. This morning however, I discovered that the vending machine is out of service and all (!) holes at the vending machines and all the garbage cans (which by the way are very rare in Japan yet) were taped.
So let's conclude this: there is a politically controversial meeting of the world's most influential leaders in Toyako and that is the reason why I cant buy a coffee in Nakano, which lies 1000km in the south? This is ridiculous, what are they afraid of?!
As it is stated in the news, there are a lot of security operations going on right now in the northern-most peninsula of the Japanese archipelago, Hokkaido, some of them which definitely are necessary.
More than 20,000 police on Sunday sealed a secluded mountain resort in northern Japan as the world's top leaders gathered, with protests kept far away from the summit venue.
Japan imposed a no-fly zone across a stretch of its northern island of Hokkaido as US President George W. Bush arrived for three days of talks with 22 other leaders in the remote lakeside town of Toyako.
Hundreds of activists held demonstrations for a second straight day in Sapporo, the closest major city to the summit area, on issues ranging from labor rights to Tibet to global poverty
However, even in the small suburb of Nakano in Tokyo, the measures undertaken regarding the security in Japan can be seen. Here is my story and how the summit affects my daily morning procedure:
This morning, like every other morning, I went to Shin-Nakano, a close Tokyo Metro station, to board the subway to Yotsuya, where I go almoast every day to do some studies at the universities library. Because usually I just wake up and rush to the station, I buy a can of coffee at one of the vending machines inside the station. This morning however, I discovered that the vending machine is out of service and all (!) holes at the vending machines and all the garbage cans (which by the way are very rare in Japan yet) were taped.
So let's conclude this: there is a politically controversial meeting of the world's most influential leaders in Toyako and that is the reason why I cant buy a coffee in Nakano, which lies 1000km in the south? This is ridiculous, what are they afraid of?!
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