GA Japan 2010 Activities

Ms. Naoko Yamazaki, the first woman Japanese astronaut got on the space shuttle "Discovery" and returned her home town, Matsudo City, Chiba. GA Japan supported her homecoming parade.

People in Japan enjoy cherry blossoms in April. They drink sake under the tree. It's important to patrol since there are many drunken people there.

Tokyo has 3 major festivals and one of them is Asakusa Sanja Festival. The narrow allies are crowded with a lot of people.
On May 30th, 2010, The 11th Guardian Angels Japan, Inc. Annual General Assembly was held in Tokyo. Members from 24 chapters in Japan took part in it. Angel of the Year 2009 was "JD"-Chiba Chapter Leader. Congratulations, JD!

At FIFA World Cup, Team Japan participated the final tournament for the first time. Soccer football fans were crowded in Shibuya where we patrolled all night.		Kitakyusyu Chapter HQ-Safety Center
KG Oda gave the lecture in Fukuoka		Diana gives anti-drug seminar to elementary school kids.

GA Japan Junior Angels paraded for the prevention of the juvenile delinquency with Shinjuku City Mayor and with mascot Atom, anime character.

2010 Recruiting flyer and GA post card collection

GA Japan 2009 Activities

Safety Patrol in Roppongi (Guardian Angels Promotion Video Filming)	Safety Patrol in Shibuya	Shibuya Center-Gai Shopping District
2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid Promotion Parade	Safety Patrol in Kawaguchi	Safety Patrol in Fukuoka
Safety Patrol at Video Arcade	GA Japan Amazons Members	GA Japan Amazons join The Body Shop and ECPAT to support our campaign to stop sex trafficking of children and young people http://www.thebodyshop.com/_en/_ww/values-campaigns/trafficking.aspx
Junior Angels after Graffiti Rub-out campaign	Junior Angels Graffiti Rub-out campaign	Junior Angels assists 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid Promotion Parade
Patrol with AED and First-Aid kit	Junior Angels joins Child Safety Declaration at Tokyo Metropolitan Gov't	Rocky Jr. at Tokyo Family Square
Internet Safety School with NEC	Kids Safety Seminar at Elementary School of Minato City, Tokyo	Safety Seminar for Kindergarten Kids at GA Kawaguchi Chapter Safety Center
Anti-Organized Crime Parade in Minato City, Tokyo	Clean-up Patrol	BID inspired Sanitation Patrol
Patrol Coordinates Disorderly Bicycles	Safety Seminar for High School Students in Matsuyama, Ehime	GA Japan Annual General Assembly on May 31, 2009
Anti-Drug DVD	GA Japan Promotion Video for recruiting	Crime Stoppers Program to Protect Children and Women that GA Japan Operates for Nat'l Police Agency
Booklets for Kids Safety, Internet Safety and Mobile Safety (Printed by Research Foundation for Safe Society Grants)	Tokyo American Club's iNTOUCH Magazine Cover Article	2010 Countdown All Night Patrol in Shibuya Hachi-ko SQ
First Rising Sun of 2010 at Omotesando Ave of Meiji Shrine (Countdown All Night Patrol of Shibuya)	Guardian Angels launching Seoul, Korea Chapter in February 2010	Kids Safety Booklet
Guardian Angels Education Team S.A.V.E. Program instructor Helaine Rizzo from NYC visits KG Oda in Shibuya, Tokyo	Helaine Rizzo patrols with Diana in Shibuya

Happy New Year 2009

We all know the world is not stable at the moment.
Don't worry.
We are here.
Guardian Angels !
We make people feel safe.

	Dec 31, 2008, 21:30, Kanamachi-Nanzoin, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, we call there "Shibarare-Jizou, the Guardian deity of children". We pray it for our wishes, and the Guardian deity was covered with the wish-rope. So, there is a custom to burn the wish-rope on the end of the year. About 5,000 people visit there every year, we GAJ supported it.
	Dec 31, 2008, 22:30, in front of the Kawaguch station, Saitama-pre, a lot of Kawaguchi-citizens gathered. The mayer did the Count Down.
	Jan 1, 2009, 0:30, in front of the Shibuya station, Tokyo. Many young people and foreigners gathered!
	Jan 1, 2009, 1:30, in the Train-monument of Shibuya hachiko-mae

X'mas Charity 2008

We supported the Christmas party for Orphans at the Hilton Tokyo on Monday, December 8th.
This was organized by Mr. Bill Hersey, the journalist and the ambassador's wife from al over the world who live in Tokyo brought a lot of X'mas presents for children. Ex-Yokozuna, Akebono and GA Rocky Jr. supported the event also. All of the children were very happy to be with them.

Guardian Angels Japan assists in Disaster Relief

On May 2nd, 2008, the Cyclone gave the serious damages in Myanmar-Burma.
We the Guardian Angels Japan decided to send relief items for people who are in the stricken area.
Many members brought a lot of goods including bandages,
sterilized gauze, tooth brushes, cookies,tissues, shoes and so on.
There are 13 big boxes.
WIth the help of person who came to Japan from Myanmar, we could send the container loads by ship.
We express our condolences for the victims and really hope that the area will be reconstructed soon.

Guardian Angels Japan also visited the Chinese Embassy with the other Non-Profit Organization and gave the relief funds for China Earthquake on May 26th.
We express our condolences for the victims and hope their early recovery.

The 9th Guardian Angels Japan National Conference

The conference was held at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo on May 25th,
2008 and members from all the chapters in Japan gathered.
The activity report and financial report of fiscal year of 2007 and The activity plan and financial plan of fiscal year of 2008 were all approved.

Guardian Angels Japan welcomes "3rd Rail" from Chicago !!!

3rd Rail, Chicago Chapter Leader came to Japan and stayed in Tokyo from April 12th to 20th.

He joined our patrols in Tokyo and near-by chapters every nights.
Japanese member were very happy to have him and influenced by him a lot.

Thank you very much, 3rd Rail !!!

We appreciate Jin, Carki and other members who supported.

Mathudo	koban	Shibuya
Yokosuka	patrol

Thai Police Reform Committee Visits Guardian Angels in Shibuya !

Graffiti is a Gateway to Many Crimes

Meeting of anti graffiti	7 Train
Fun House1	Fun House2

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

On October 1st, the National Police Agency of Japan started the first "Crime Stoppers" program in Japan. It is called the "Anonymous Report Dial" which people can call in about the crime information anonymously by phone call. Tel : 0120-924-839 (Mon thru Fri 9:30 am - 6:15 pm) * Japanese Language only * http://www.tokumei.or.jp/ If the information is effective for the solution to a crime, people can receive the information fee up to 100,000 yen per a case. This program is managed by the Guardian Angels Japan and the model program will be conducted for year and a half. It will be determined if it will be effective or not by the National Police Agency then.

Curtis Sliwa, the Founder of the Guardian Angels visits Japan !
Sunday, August 26th to Tuesday, 28th, 2007

So many precious lives were lost in the Virginia Tech Massacre. Here in Japan where guns are restricted, recent shooting incidents shocked the nation.The two fiscal years ago, we had 76 shooting cases and 489 illegal guns were seized.Guns are shabby weapons that can destroy and kill people's lives in a split second. Guns cannot be the tools to protect ourselves. NO! GUNS

>>Keiji (Duke) Oda Joined in 1990 [Career] Boston Chapter, International Headquarters, New York City Chapter Leader, East Coast Regional Director, Asian Regional Director, Founder of GA Japan, Tokyo Chapter Director [Responsibility, Skill] Chief of Operation [Present position]International Coordinator, President and National Director of GA Japan

1. SAFETY & CLEAN UP PATROLS WITH CITIZENS, MEETINGS AND TRAINING
We often work together with the local community and patrol with local citizens.
('05 total : 118 times)
In 2005, the number of citizen volunteer safety groups reached 20,000, and the number of active members in Japan increased to 1.2million.
Since we have 24 chapters in Japan, each chapter carries out patrols which match the local characteristics. Also we are continually improving our skills through regular training and meetings.

Day patrols	Organizing bicycles near stations
Communicating with young people	Posted at an intersection
Lecture by KG	Opinion exchange among members
Left: GA logo on the gate at the Kawaguchi Chapter HQ. Right: A Kawaguchi Chapter vehicle with a roof mounted blue light. There are 5 Chapters including Kawaguchi which carry out vehicle patrols.
Left: The Kashiwa Chapter patrol with local patrol groups. As our aging society is progressing, we are carrying out the trial patrols by senior citizens. Right: A Clean up patrol with some dance school students. This is the one of our Youth programs.
At the Kitakyushu Chapter, we keep the HQ opens from1500 to 0400 the next morning for the purpose of communicating with young people. Many crimes involving young people occur around Kokura Station where the Kitakyushu Chapter is located. Tank, the Fukuoka Regional Director, says "It is quite hard to tell young people, who are restless and whose top priority is fulfilling their desires, to follow the social manners and morals."
Above: Young visitors learn dancing at Kitakyushu HQ.
Kitakyushu Chapter Meeting
Training of how to use AED
Training of the CPR under fireman instruction
Emergency Response Unit (ERU) training with Fire Department The ERU was initially started by members who helped with disaster relief after the "Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake" on 23 Oct. 2004. But now that has increased to 36 members.

Guardian Angels Week in Shibuya

GA Week in Shibuya is the biggest summer event, and has been held every year for the last ten years. (24hrs. 7days)
We set up a guide booth in front of Shibuya Sta. (we usually perform more than 130 guides per day during GA Week)

2. SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
The Speaking Engagements are mainly held for citizens groups and parents. We teach them how to patrol, how to communicate with young people, and what they can do for the area as citizens.
Unfortunately however, the number of citizen patrol groups will probably decrease in the near future because of the aging society. The most important thing for them is knowing how to keep the motivation high and to keep continuing the patrol.
We also have seminars for Junior High and High School students about what you can do to avoid drugs and bullying.

Situation training for local volunteer groups
Lectures for Citizens

3. YOUTH PROGRAMS
[Cleaning up graffiti with kids]

[Safety Seminars for kids]

	Lately, the numbers of kids who encounter frightening situations, such as attempted kidnapping or being spoken to by a stranger, are increasing. Our Safety Seminar is designed for participation by Kids. In this program, we teach kids how to avoid such scary situations. e.g. Keep your distance from strangers, pay attention to your surroundings etc...
	It is important for kids to think that "Your friends are as important as yourself" so that they will be help each other when they are in trouble. Through this program, kids can learn how important it is to cooperate with each other and rescue friends.
A member pretending a stranger, attempting a kidnapping
[Safety Mapping] Kids take the lead and grasp the state of the area they live. The key is, that the parents and citizens are made to think about how to solve the problems when they up-date the map regularly.
Left: School area patrol with kids and the parents led by the GA Right: Completion of a Safety Map
Left: Putting the information gathered from the patrol on the map Right: Report on the completed map
[Internet Safety School for kids]
This is an experience based program using demo E-mail, chat and bulletin boards, and teaches kids method for using the internet safely while still having fun. We teach them that everybody can be dangerous on the internet, which is different from the real world.

5. EVENTS
Each chapter supports many different events based on requests from the organizers,
not only local ones but international festivals as well.

Thai Thai Food Festival	Peru Independent Memorial Day Rocky Dance
Kids Triathlon	Dance Festival
Chiba YOSAKOI Festival

The Guardian Angels began twenty four years ago, on February 13, 1979. In the years prior to the Guardian Angels launch, Curtis Sliwa had become famous for his neighborhood clean-up and beautification projects in the South Bronx.

Using his co-workers at the Fordham Road McDonalds, where he was the night manager, Curtis formed the "Rock Brigade." The Rock Brigade received accolades and a full wall of awards from community and governmental groups around the city. By planting and cleaning up vacant lots and boarding up bombed-out buildings, they managed to make this notorious inner-city neighborhood more beautiful. It was a dark time in New York, with massive budget deficits, law enforcement layoffs and increasing crime. There was no funding for much needed law enforcement either from within or from without New York. Neighborhood watch groups were desperately needed, but they were not universally welcomed.

Mr. Sliwa recruited a multi-racial team of volunteers, largely gleaned from his employees at the McDonalds. It started out with Curtis and twelve volunteers. They were known initially as the "Magnificent Thirteen." They agreed to ride the subways between the toughest stops, without weapons, to find the gang members who had been mugging the straphangers in the subway and detain them for the police to arrest.

Notwithstanding some initial resistance, the thirteen soon grew to thousands, and was renamed the Guardian Angels, to counter the then-popular Hell's Angels group: Angels for good as a contrast to the Hell's Angels, who had glamorized violence and terror. With men and women from around the world forming the Guardian Angels chapters world-wide, they made a difference in the lives of people in the communities they patrolled, every single day. As the streets have become safer, the Guardian Angels have devoted more time to safety education and inner-city children programs. Local chapters use their hard-earned experience to teach self-defense courses and "street smart" skills to seniors, women and community groups, schools and university students around the country. The Cyberangels was then initiated and online safety and Internet skills are taught to schools, parents and children.

Guardian Angels Japan aims at preventing crime in the Japanese community through safety patrols, seminars and several other crime-prevention activities. Guardian Angels Japan is committed to helping the community take responsibility in protecting its own people. Our goal is to prevent crime through the safety patrols to make the community safer and to be a role model for the youth.