Keiji Goto, the mayor of Suita in Osaka Prefecture, speaks while standing with Suitan, the city's mascot, at an event Friday to launch a project by the city to persuade all of its officials to be non-smokers. Suita is eager to become a health-conscious city as it is promoting the Northern Osaka Health and Biomedical Innovation Town policy, with the hope of cultivating medical-related institutions and companies. | KYODO