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BWB Earth • 2026-10-02 05:57 UTC • By Billy Odell Tucker-Robinson

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Japan's first mayor to take maternity leave lands on TIME100 Next list [↧](https://t.co/FCLvsmcMr4) Japan's first mayor to take maternity leave lands on TIME100 Next list Shoko Kawata's maternity leave drew mixed reactions in Japan, a country struggling to lift birth rates…

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