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Satoko Kishimoto was elected mayor of Suginami last June - the district's first ever female leader
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
The female mayor in Tokyo fighting Japan's sexist attitudes
BBC
Satoko Kishimoto finds running one of Tokyo's main districts to be a lonely job. Back in June, the 48-year-old became the first female mayor in the history of Suginami. The former environmental activist and democracy advocate managed to beat the...
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Monday, July 06, 2020
Tokyo’s first female governor sails to re-election even as virus cases rise
The New York Times
In rewarding Tokyo’s first female governor, Yuriko Koike, with a second term on Sunday, voters endorsed her highly visible leadership as the sprawling metropolis has avoided the kind of spiraling death toll from the coronavirus seen in other world...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
The opposition Democratic Party in Japan Elects First Female Leader
Renho Murata became the first woman to lead the opposition Democratic Party in Japan after winning a leadership contest on September 15, 2016. By winning the leadership contest, Ms. Murata became the third woman to take up a prominent political job...
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