Japan's 1st Sitting Mayor on Maternity Leave Makes "Time100 Next" List
New York, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--U.S. magazine Time has selected Shoko Kawata, the 36-year-old mayor of the city of Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, who is believed to be the first sitting female local government chief in Japan to take maternity leave, for its "Time100 Next 2026" list of rising global leaders. Regarding Kawata's decision to take maternity leave, the magazine said in an article on ...