How to operate the plenary session

Conference time	From 10 am to 5 pm
Request attendance request	Do it in writing beforehand
Agenda	Upload to tablet (official PC) approximately one week in advance (extraordinary sessions are held the evening before)
Distribution of agenda	Upload to tablet (official PC) approximately one week in advance (extraordinary sessions are held the evening before)
General questions	The deadline for notification is noon on the opening day of each regular meeting. Each person will be allowed up to 60 minutes including answer, up to 5 cases (excluding time for exercising the right of counter-question)
Administrative report	Reports are made at each regular meeting, and questions are not allowed.
Question	1 Agenda 3 times
Deliberate on bills	Plenary session-centered approach In principle, petitions and requests are referred to committees. A special committee will be set up to approve the initial budget and financial statements.
Proceedings	Full text record
Council press	Council Newsletter (distributed to all households in the town four times a year at each regular meeting) Video streaming (YouTube) Community FM radio recording broadcast (administrative reports and general questions)
The term of office of the Chair and Vice-Chair	4 years

Congressional hearing

Anyone can observe the plenary sessions and committee meetings of the assembly. Please feel free to come.
The assembly hall (town hall) is on the third floor of the town hall. Please use the elevator on the first floor. You can also watch the live broadcast on the TV monitor in the conversation space on the first floor.
To observe a hearing in the assembly hall, all you need to do is fill in your address (inside or outside the town) and name on the observation ticket. The number of observers is limited to 15, and admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

　
Points to note when attending a hearing

If you wish to take photographs for reporting purposes, etc., please obtain permission in advance from the Diet Secretariat.
People under the influence of alcohol will not be allowed to attend the hearing. Please also refrain from eating or drinking.
Please turn off your smartphones and mobile phones or put them on silent mode.
Items that cannot be brought in: Radios, loudspeakers, recording devices, cameras, video cameras, flyers, placards, etc. (unless prior permission is obtained)

If you have a request for the country, prefecture, or town, anyone can make a petition or appeal. (Petitions require the introduction of a council member.)
Petitions and requests received by the Diet are referred to the relevant committee, and after careful deliberation, a decision is made at the plenary session as to whether they will be adopted or rejected.
In principle, petitions and requests submitted by mail will be sent in the form of distributed materials.
If a proposal is adopted, a letter of opinion will be sent to the relevant enforcement agency (national government, prefecture, town, etc.).

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