Tokyo Nodai, which has a campus in Abashiri, Hokkaido, distributed food to students who could not return home and remained at home during the Golden Week holidays.
At Tokyo University of Agriculture Okhotsk Campus in Abashiri City, about 60% of the 1,500 students are from prefectures where priority measures such as state of emergency and prevention of spread have been issued.
During the Golden Week holidays, many students will not be able to return home and will remain at home, so the university handed out bags for about 450 students containing rice and retort pouch foods donated by alumni. I did.
The students received one after another saying "Thank you" and all the distribution was completed in about an hour.
A first-year woman from Kanagawa Prefecture said, "Food support is very helpful because the number of part-time workers is limited due to the influence of corona."
The university also says that if a student who has to go home during the Golden Week holidays is tested for the new coronavirus, he will bear the full cost.
A second-year woman from Okayama Prefecture said, "I think it's good that the university assists the examination because it reduces the worries of those who have returned home. Last year, it was difficult to make friends online, so I would like you to continue the face-to-face class." I was talking.
Hozumi Yoshida, Dean of the Faculty of Bio-Industry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, said, "I want to continue to support the creation of a safe and secure university. I want to continue face-to-face classes and practical training to make student life more enjoyable."