Lost championship flag of Fujitsu All Japan Business Group Ekiden or "I can't hand over the New Year's tournament"

Fujitsu, which won the "New Year Ekiden" on New Year's Day, apologized to the organizer for the possibility of losing the championship flag of the tournament.

The organizer says that the new championship flag will not be in time for the New Year's tournament, and the policy is to tell the participating teams that they will not be able to give the championship flag.

The "All Japan Ekiden", which decides the number one Ekiden in Japan for men's Ekiden, started in 1957 and is currently held in Gunma Prefecture as a New Year's Day race, and this is Fujitsu's third victory in 12 years. I played.

Fujitsu kept the winning flag awarded at this tournament at its headquarters in Minato-ku, Tokyo, but revealed that it may have been lost.

Is it lost when moving to the floor due to a review of working style?

According to Fujitsu, when the floor was moved as part of a review of working styles in telework due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, waste was disposed of multiple times, and the winning flag was lost in this process. There is a possibility.

A company representative tried to prepare to return the winning flag late last month, but he couldn't find it and consulted with the police, including the possibility of loss or theft.

However, I reported to the organizer about 10 days after I didn't know where the winning flag was.

On the 16th, Fujitsu's managing director Hiroki Hiramatsu visited the organizer, the Japan Business Association Athletics Union, and apologized. I'm really sorry this time. "

Fujitsu will apologize directly to the winning teams of all time.

On the other hand, regarding next month's tournament, he said, "All responsibility lies with the company, not the players," and he is not thinking of declining the participation of the players.

"It takes 3-4 months to make a new one."

"It will take three or four months to make a new championship flag, so I will tell the participating teams that I will not be able to give the New Year's tournament," the Japan Business Association Athletics Association told NHK. I am.