Shiga picks female prefectural assembly chair

Shiga picks female prefectural assembly chair

Photo taken May 12, 2015, in Otsu, the capital of the western Japan prefecture of Shiga, shows Hisako Nishimura, 71, who was chosen as the prefectural assembly chairwoman. She is the second woman to assume the prefectural assembly chair post after the Fukuoka assembly picked a woman in 2010. "It's a great honor. I was elected as it meets the demands of the times," she said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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