On the 19th, Governor Saito Motohiko addressed the prefectural staff and citizens at the inauguration ceremony, expressing his gratitude and future aspirations. <Full text of Governor Saito's inauguration speech> [Governor Saito Motohiko] Today, I was inaugurated as Governor of Hyogo Prefecture. I would like to once again offer my sincere apologies to many of the citizens and all those involved for causing concern and anxiety about the prefectural administration, including the document issue. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to all the staff, led by Vice Governor Hattori, who supported the Hyogo prefectural administration during the 50 days I was away. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to all the staff for causing concern and anxiety about the prefectural administration. This time, I have received the trust of many of the citizens of the prefecture, and I have won the election, and I have once again been given the opportunity to work as Governor of Hyogo Prefecture. Many people have come today. I would like to once again express my sincere gratitude to all of you for your support and strength. ■We will start a new Hyogo prefectural administration by making every effort to communicate and dialogue with you all. For the past three years, I have worked hard to reform the prefectural government and to implement policies that are in the interest of the people of the prefecture, including supporting the younger generation to create a new Hyogo Prefecture. However, I cannot do my job alone. As Vice Governor Hattori mentioned earlier, it is only with the support of all the prefectural staff and other related parties that we are able to do our work for the prefectural organization and the people of the prefecture, and I have really thought about this more and more deeply. Once again, I will work as the Governor of Hyogo Prefecture. I would like to work hard for as many people as possible, so I would like to work with all the staff from now on. I will also make every effort to communicate and dialogue with you all more and more carefully. I think it is important to discuss the policy direction I want to take not only with the executives, but also with the mid-career and young people, share our thoughts with everyone, and move in the same direction, so I hope that the people who will continue to support Governor Saito and the Saito administration will be the prefectural staff, so I will work closely together. This does not only include the staff of the main office, but also the Prefectural Affairs Bureau, the Prefectural Citizens Center, and all the staff. This also applies to the Board of Education, the police, and other administrative committees. I hope that we will all work together as one team. ■I will be reborn from now on. I will start from scratch. I want to do my best with a humble attitude. To achieve this, I will be reborn from now on. I want to start from scratch. Above all, I want to do my best with a humble attitude, so I hope that you will support me. I am also a human being, so even as I start again from now on, I think that there will still be areas where I am lacking. There may be many things that would be better if I did this. At such times, I would like to hear from Vice Governor Hattori, or from you directly, such as "Governor Saito should do this a little better." I think it is important that I listen sincerely, take it to myself, and use it as fuel to run the prefecture better, especially because it is a hard story to hear, so please do your best. ■Criticism of employees on the Internet "The employees are working hard" It is a really important phase from now on to run the prefecture, seeking understanding. In the midst of this, this issue has placed a lot of burden on the employees. In particular, there have been some very harsh criticisms of the prefectural employees on the Internet. However, what I want many of the prefecture's residents to know is that the prefectural employees are working really hard and doing their best every day to run the prefecture. The people at the Hyogo Prefectural Office, including the local offices and those in the field, as well as the roads, rivers, health centers, and various hospitals, are working really hard and seriously in many places. At the headquarters, the executives, mid-career employees, and young employees have really worked hard to support the prefecture's administration during my absence for the past 50 days. I hope that many people will understand that the staff of the Hyogo Prefectural Government are working hard for the people of the prefecture, and that the prefectural staff will continue to work hard with me, so please understand, and I hope that you will look upon me with a kind eye. ■The Governor, prefectural staff, and assembly will "work as one team" In order to make up for the blank 50 days, it is important that we have thorough discussions with everyone, especially about next year's budget, and work on good policies, good projects, and good initiatives. We will also work together with the prefectural assembly, responding carefully to issues. I think it is really important that the governor, prefectural staff, and assembly work together as two wheels of a car to create a good Hyogo Prefecture. The election is over, so we will all work together as one team. I would like to move forward with this together with everyone. And above all, together with many prefectural residents, we will make Hyogo Prefecture even better. We will move forward. I would like to sincerely pledge that I will run the prefecture's politics for the people of the prefecture. ■ "Let's all work hard together again" Today marks a new start for me, the Saito administration, at the new Hyogo Prefectural Office. With you all, and with my gratitude to you all and my humble heart once again in my heart, I would like to restart and do my best to start over from scratch. I would like to ask everyone, and those in the media, to keep a close eye on the Saito administration from now on, and also to continue to cooperate with us in disseminating information about the prefecture's administration. Today marks a new start, so I would like to ask all the staff, and above all the people of the prefecture, for your understanding of the Saito administration, your support, and sometimes your guidance and support, so I would appreciate your support. Let's all work hard together again. Thank you. ■ "I don't think people change. I don't know what their true feelings are." Meanwhile, in an interview with Kansai TV, a Hyogo Prefectural official responded to Governor Saito's return to office as follows: [Employee A] "He says he's restarting with humility, but I don't think people change, and I don't know what he really thinks." "More than the governor, I'm worried about what will happen to his aides. If his aides return to power, won't the governor end up acting the same way again?" "I've heard that the power harassment actually happened, so it's strange that he's coming back as if he's righteous. I wonder if this will also be criticized online as 'it's just a rumor'. He was elected by the will of the people, so he'll just do his job calmly." ■ "As a civil servant, he'll just do his job no matter who the leader is." [Employee B] "There will be people who agree and disagree with Saito, but we are civil servants, so we'll just do our job no matter who the leader is. We have no choice but to work hard together. I want the confusion to end. I want to see the truth come out in the 100-article committee or the third-party committee." "Honestly, I want to quit. He's just talking, but no one will trust any of the employees." [Employee C] "This election is strange. Saito neither confirmed nor denied Tachibana's speech. If he was wrong, I think he should have made it public, but he didn't do that. As a fellow employee and former prefectural government director, I cannot forgive the fact that human rights were violated." "Many of the staff are wondering what to do. To be honest, I want to quit. At today's inauguration ceremony he said he would be 'reborn', but I can't trust that. No staff member will believe him if he just says it with his mouth." "The way staff will judge whether Saito has been reborn will depend on how he treats his closest aides and who he appoints to the vacant vice governor position." "The process of trying to make the prefectural university free and rebuild the prefectural office building decisions without sufficient discussion has caused chaos in the prefectural office" [Staff C] "Should staff be involved in the discussion of budget assessment? Making the prefectural university free and rebuilding the prefectural office building are not in themselves wrong, which is why staff and prefectural assembly members are criticizing him. The process of trying to make policies that seemed like a whim, by a limited number of members, without sufficient discussion, is what caused chaos within the prefectural office." "We don't need a dialogue that's just for show. In his speech he said that the prefectural office building would cost 50 billion yen, but that's also wrong. There are discussions about what functions it should have and how earthquake-resistant it should be, and the numbers will come out from that. He just went for the numbers and form without any discussion, so staff left him." "Apart from this, I want the 100-Article Committee to continue pursuing him even after he is elected. It would be strange if the suspicions were cleared away just like this." ■ "I think some prefectural staff will quit due to the shock and dismay that people are writing on social media that the staff are bullying the governor." [Staff D] "I don't think any of the prefectural staff expected Saito to return, so I think many prefectural staff are worried about how to interact with him." "During this election, rumors and information of unknown veracity were flying around. Also, there have been posts on social media saying that staff members are bullying the governor, and I think some staff members will quit due to the upset. "However, it is true that I gained the trust of many people in the election. I will make a realistic decision and do my job for the people of the prefecture." [Staff E] "Since there was no 'president' in the private sector, it's good that things have returned to normal, whoever it is. We have no choice but to believe in the word 'rebirth.'" 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