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.