Scout Association of Japan something of the "Kenjinsha", an old time youth movement. During this period homegrown Japanese troops began to develop and existed alongside expatriate troops in Yokohama, Kobe and Osaka. Hiroshi Koshiba started a Tokyo-based group in 1913. At the time of the coronation of the Taishō Emperor in 1915, Scouts were organized in Tokyo, Shizuoka, Kyoto and Hokkaido. In 1920 three delegates, Toyomatsu Shimoda, Hiroshi Koshiba, and Richard Suzuki, attended the 1st World Scout Jamboree at Olympia, London. Shimoda and Koshiba were both adults and, when they met Richard Suzuki aboard ship and learned he was a Scout, they invited him
Scouting in Greater London Scouting in Greater London Scouting in the region of Greater London is largely represented by The Scout Association of the United Kingdom and some Groups of traditional Scouting including the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association. The Scout Association has defined Greater London as a Scout Region with a Regional Commissioner, Terry Kingham. There is a single member of the national Student Scout and Guide Organisation (SSAGO) covering all the universities in Greater London. For the history of Scouting in London see Scouting, The Scout Association and the British Boy Scouts. The first Commissioner for London of Baden-Powell Boy Scouts was Sir Francis