New mayor of disaster-hit town in northeastern Japan assumes office

New mayor of disaster-hit town in northeastern Japan assumes office

Kozo Hirano, new mayor of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, meets reporters on Aug. 28, 2015, his first day of duty at the town office tasked with reconstruction from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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