The Metropolitan Expressway Public Corp. is now inviting non-Japanese motorists to serve as one-year monitors to advise officials on how to improve Tokyo expressways.

Applicants should be non-Japanese residents of Tokyo who can speak and read Japanese and have a driver's license.

Monitors will be requested to attend two meetings and an on-site inspection and respond to written questionnaires.

The application deadline is July 16, and the monitoring term starts in September. For more information, call the corporation at (03) 3539-9257.