"Efforts to Reform and Manage the Assembly": New and Former Speaker of Mie Prefectural Assembly Take over Administrative Duties

On the 21st, Mie Prefectural Assembly Speaker Tomio Hattori and Vice Speaker Shinji Morino took over the duties from former Speaker Akiyoshi Inagaki and former Vice Speaker Masato Kobayashi. Mr. Hattori stated his aspirations, saying, "I want to work hard to reform and manage the assembly." The handover is a regular event when a new leader takes over. After signing the handover document and taking a commemorative photo, Mr. Hattori and the other…