Citizens of Tokyo spend about two hours every weekend to clean up along the banks of the Arakawa River, which empties into the Pacific Ocean.
Pacific and Caribbean journalists, attending a program organised by the Association for Promotion of International Cooperation and the Foreign Press Center Japan, witnessed and participated in a clean-a-thon along the Arakawa River located within the vicinity of Tokyo city.
The Arakawa River Clean-Aid Action is an environmental initiative that is organised by non-government organisation (NGO) Arakawa Clean-aid Forum.