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Japan's first mayor to take maternity leave lands on TIME100 Next list

World | 2026-10-02 at 05:53 UTC | Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Shoko Kawata's maternity leave drew mixed reactions in Japan, a country struggling to lift birth rates.
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