I've decided to continue to be an official of the neighborhood association.

  Few people want to become officials of the neighborhood association these days. I will turn 76 this June, so I thought it would be too old to serve as an official of the association. So, at the end of the 2011 fiscal year, when the election of the official is going to be held in the convention in April, I determined to resign from the position of the vice-chairperson of the association. But Mr.Mikami, the electoral commission chairman, said he found it was very difficult to find other candidates,  not only for the vice-chairperson but for other posts. So, I had to back down on my decision to resign. I will serve as vice-chairperson for another two year's term. I will be 77 at the end of the term.