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On August 8st, at the 31th floor hall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the players of the Tokyo Kitasuna Little League Baseball Association, who won the 7th Little League World Series (held in Pennsylvania, USA from August 66th to 8th), held the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. He visited Governor Ishihara to report the victory.

(From the front) Governor Ishihara exchanging words with captain Oshima, vice-captain Kiyomiya, and fellow vice-captain Osaka.

Little League is a six-inning hardball baseball league for boys aged 12 and under.
The Little League World Series is a tournament held every year in the United States since 1947 to determine the world's best Little League player. Tokyo Kitasuna Little, who became the best in Japan in the domestic qualifying rounds for the first time in five years, participated as the representative of Japan.Tokyo Kitasuna Little has participated in the Little League World Series twice, winning in 5 and finishing second in 2.This is their third time participating, and the second time in 2001 years that they have won the world title, and the Japanese team's eighth world championship, the first time in two years since Edogawa Minami Little in 2007.

In honor of Tokyo Kitasuna Little's victory, the city presented the Tokyo Sports Encouragement Award.The players, who received certificates and commemorative gifts from the governor, responded to the governor's questions with happy smiles, even though they were nervous.

Governor Ishihara speaking to the players

The governor said, ``A big congratulations to everyone.Japan is actually a powerful country, but we've been made fun of by Asian countries and we're all feeling a bit sluggish, but now we can show the world that we're strong.'' "I'm really happy, reliable, and grateful. Thank you all," he said to the players.

At the commemorative photo, he cheerfully said, “Oh, the best in the world.”