Japanese snowboarder named honorary consul at Swiss consulate

Japanese snowboarder named honorary consul at Swiss consulate

Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (C, L), a silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, is pictured at the opening ceremony for an honorary consulate in Higashikawa on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on May 10, 2024, after receiving the certificate from Swiss Ambassador to Japan Andreas Baum (C, R) naming her honorary consul. Takeuchi, 40, trained with Swiss national snowboard team members in Switzerland for five years starting in 2007, and is currently based in the Hokkaido town for training.

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