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Topic: gender

A city hall building in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
World
Sunday, 6/28, 04:05 AM

A Japanese mayor takes maternity leave — and divides opinion

  • Shoko Kawata, the 35-year-old mayor of Yawata, is believed to be the first sitting mayor in Japan to take maternity leave.
  • The backlash and support her decision drew have exposed a contradiction in a country urgently trying to lift its record-low birth rate — yet uneasy when a leader does what the government is urging.

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