In mid-June, members of a fire brigade in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, took part in a flood prevention drill on the embankment of the Shonai River.
Mauricio Ojeda, 45, was among the nearly 200 participants.
He filled sandbags with soil using a shovel and smiled when other members called him ¡°Mau-chan.¡±
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