Iwate assembly rejects motion against mask-wearing

Iwate assembly rejects motion against mask-wearing

MORIOKA, Japan - ''The Great Sasuke,'' whose real name is Masanori Murakawa, smiles at a news conference June 25 after the Iwate prefectural assembly voted down a motion that would have prevented him attending the assembly sessions in his wrestling mask. The 33-year-old wrestler was elected an assembly member in April and has insisted on attending assembly meetings in a mask, saying that is how the voters know him. (Kyodo)

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