Sumo grand champion Hakuho, who is featured in advertisements for government bonds to fund reconstruction in the disaster-stricken Tohoku region, met Finance Minister Jun Azumi on June 7.
Sumo grand champion Hakuho, who is featured in advertisements for government bonds to fund reconstruction in the disaster-stricken Tohoku region, met Finance Minister Jun Azumi on June 7.“I am hoping that I will be of help to people in the affected region,” the Mongolian yokozuna told reporters after the meeting.Newspaper and TV ads featuring Hakuho were launched the same day, part of a drive to encourage individual investors to buy government bonds to support disaster recovery efforts.The government is spending 470 million yen ($6 million) on the publicity campaign in the current fiscal year, the same sum as last year.