Ex-lawmaker secretary becomes Japan's youngest female mayor at 33

A 33-year-old former secretary of a ruling party lawmaker has become Japan's youngest-ever female mayor after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sunday, according to the Japanese city mayors' association.Shoko Kawata, an independent backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, as well as the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, beat two other newcomers in the mayoral election held following the resignation of the former mayor."I want to empathize with people from all generations and work on creating a community that can …READ FULL ARTICLE