A man from a local business owner was awarded the Foreign Minister's Commendation by the Japanese government for cooperating in activities to return Japanese people from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, where the city was blocked due to the spread of the new coronavirus. ..
In Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, where the infection of the new coronavirus first spread, the city was closed for two and a half months, and the Japanese government dispatched a charter plane from January to February last year to send 828 local Japanese and others. I returned to Japan.
At this time, the Minister for Foreign Affairs' commendation was given to the local business owner, Mr. Zhu Atsushi, for cooperating in activities to return the Japanese to Japan, and on the night of the 23rd, the commendation certificate was handed over by Ambassador Hideo Tarumi in Beijing in Wuhan. It was.
Mr. Zhu, who has studied abroad in Japan, will arrange a large bus and driver to the airport when dispatching charter planes five times, so that he can obtain permission to pass under traffic restrictions. I negotiated with the local government.
In addition, we have continued to provide support to Japanese companies, such as by supporting the advancement of Japanese companies into the local area.
Mr. Zhu, who received the award, said, "I would like to continue making efforts to promote and develop exchanges between the two countries with diligence and sincerity."