This fiscal year, the Higashihiroshima Municipal Assembly handed out second tablets to all of its 30 members, at a cost of about ¥6 million.
All members already had one tablet, but the move came after council members complained it was hard to see multiple documents at the same time on a single device.
Other city and town councils in Hiroshima Prefecture have introduced tablets, but none of them provides a second one. However, public spending watchdogs say that one device should be enough and argued that Higashihiroshima council members simply may not be taking full advantage of one tablet.
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