Koike kicks off free lightbulb-switching campaign with Pikotaro

Jul 10 (Japan Times) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Monday kicked off a campaign to encourage residents to replace their incandescent lightbulbs with energy-efficient LED lighting for free.

Later the same day, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike held a launch ceremony at City Hall with comedian Pikotaro to explain the procedure for exchanging the bulbs.

The campaign allows residents 18 or older to bring two or more incandescent lamps to any of the roughly 800 electronics stores in Tokyo to be exchanged for one free light-emitting diode bulb.

Koike urged residents to check their homes to see if they are still using incandescent lamps.

Source: ANNnewsCH


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