CHINO, Japan, July 20, 2021—A perfect example of the Japanese public sector’s bureaucratic psyche toward civilians: A local public school in Kashima City west of Tokyo has circulated notice to elementary and junior-high school students’ guardians that the students can bring only Coca Cola, and no other drinks, when they go to Kashima Stadium for an Olympic soccer game viewing.
Coca Cola is one of major sponsors of the Tokyo Olympic/Paralympic games.
The Mainichi newspaper website reported Juy 20 that a city public school’s July 15 circular to the guardians said: ‘Please make sure that PET bottle beverages (to be brought by students to the stadium) are Coca Cola bottles.
The daily quoted the city’s education board officials as claiming that Japanese Olympic Committee officials who visited the stadium venue on July 9 told the city’s public school teachers: ‘Excluding Coca Cola bottles, PET bottles are banned inside the stadium, and other containers should be brought in by removing labels.
The education board told schools to remove labels of rival makers, the daily said.
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