Mascot character Funassyi recruits new police officers

Mascot character Funassyi recruits new police officers

CHIBA, Japan - Popular mascot character Funassyi, unofficially promoting Funabashi city, Chiba Prefecture, holds an extra-large business card in a publicity campaign as a special recruiter of new police officers for the prefecture's police department in Chiba city on April 24, 2014.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001198269
  • Registered date
  • 2014/4/24 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2055 × 2936 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 532.78(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo

    Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo

    NARITA, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 20, 2018, shows kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo performing in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.
      Funassyi receives award from Chiba police

      Funassyi receives award from Chiba police

      CHIBA, April 14 Kyodo - Japan's favorite "pear fairy" mascot, Funassyi (R), receives a certificate of appreciation from Chiba prefectural police chief, Yoshihide Kuroki, for its efforts as a special recruiter of police officers in Chiba, a job he assumed in April 2014, at the prefectural police headquarters on April 14, 2015. According to the police, the pass rate for the prefectural police employment test for fiscal 2014 came to 5.6, 0.3 points higher than the previous year, putting a brake on the declining trend in recent years.
        Hikone city mascot Hikonyan turns nine

        Hikone city mascot Hikonyan turns nine

        OTSU, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - Hikonyan (C), a mascot character of the western Japanese city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, receives a birthday cake during a celebration ceremony for its ninth birthday at Hikone Castle on April 13, 2015.
          Hamamatsu to host 2015 national mascot character contest

          Hamamatsu to host 2015 national mascot character contest

          TOKYO, Japan - Shusse Daimyo Ieyasu-kun (2nd from R), a mascot character of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, likened to feudal warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, poses in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2015, with the winners of the previous year's national mascot contest. Hamamatsu was selected the same day to host the 2015 contest.
            Hamamatsu to host mascot character contest in 2015

            Hamamatsu to host mascot character contest in 2015

            TOKYO, Japan - Mascot character Shusse Daimyo Ieyasu-kun of Hamamatsu (L) in Shizuoka Prefecture poses with Mayor Yasutomo Suzuki at a press conference held in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2015, to announce the selection of the central Japan city as host of the 2015 national contest for mascot characters in November.
              Mascot characters launch joint publicity blitz

              Mascot characters launch joint publicity blitz

              OSAKA, Japan - Kumamon (L), the black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, and Mozuyan (R), the shrike mascot of Osaka Prefecture, strike a pose with Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui in the western Japan city of Osaka on Jan. 8, 2015. The two prefectures agreed the same day to jointly promote each other's specialties and tourism.
                Mascot characters launch joint publicity blitz

                Mascot characters launch joint publicity blitz

                OSAKA, Japan - Mozuyan (L), the shrike mascot of Osaka Prefecture, and Kumamon (R), the black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, pose with specialties from the two regions in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015. The two prefectures agreed the same day to jointly promote each other's specialties and tourism.
                  Low-rent share house for aspiring female comic artists

                  Low-rent share house for aspiring female comic artists

                  NIIGATA, Japan - The kitchen in a two-story share house in Niigata, central Japan, is shown on Dec. 24, 2014, after it was refurbished by the city government for lease to aspiring female comic artists at a low rent. The city hopes the approach will help encourage local talents, who tend to leave for better opportunities in Tokyo, to stay in Niigata.
                    Comic character effigy gets New Year sacred rope

                    Comic character effigy gets New Year sacred rope

                    YONAGO, Japan - Workers put a sacred Shinto rope of rice straw around the neck of a huge stone figure of the "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic character as a customary New Year decoration in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Dec. 25, 2014. The western Japan city is the birthplace of comic author Shigeru Mizuki.
                      Some 60 mascot characters join Christmas event

                      Some 60 mascot characters join Christmas event

                      GIFU, Japan - Some 60 mascot characters from around Japan, including national mascot character contest winner "Gunma-chan" (2nd from L) representing Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, gather at Yanagase shopping street in the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu for a Christmas event on Dec. 20, 2014.