Japan's 1st Sitting Female Local Chief on Maternity Leave Gives Birth
Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Shoko Kawata, the 36-year-old mayor of the city of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, who is believed to be the first sitting female local government chief in Japan to take maternity leave, gave birth to her first child, a baby girl, on Tuesday, the city government said Wednesday. Both the mother and child are healthy, according to the city. Kawata commented throug...