Sasebo City to Establish New IR Promotion Office

A new IR Promotion Office is going to be established in Sasebo City as part of the city’s planning department to strengthen the system for promoting an IR. Ryuji Hori, deputy general of planning, has been appointed as IR Promotion Office director.

A prefecture official commented, “The reason for the establishment of this new office is so the procedures necessary as a local government for an IR bid can be implemented swiftly and correctly, and it will be within the planning department with a similar level of authority. Three additional staff members will be added to the five who are already responsible for IR and they will all be part of the policy management office of the planning department.”

The prefecture has also changed the name of the Planning Advancement Department IR Promotion Office to Planning Department IR Promotion Office. There will be 15 personnel with the addition of one staff member.