Both Mr. Shuichi NAKAJIMA and Ms. Nakayo KIMURA have left MIF’s secretariat as of March 31. MIF highly appreciates their dedication for a long time in the past. On April 1, the secretariat welcomed Mr.Tatsuo SEKINO as a new Secretary General and Mr. Yosuke WATANABE as a new Deputy Secretary General. The new secretariat has already declared their best efforts for the MIF’s further development.