A mayor in Japan announced her maternity leave - and got the whole country talking
- But the reaction was far stronger - and more divided - than Shoko Kawata had ever anticipated.
- The 35-year-old has been plunged into a national debate about whether elected officials should take time off for childbirth, in a country that's struggling to lift birth rates.
- "I was so surprised because the reaction was so b
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- But the reaction was far stronger - and more divided - than Shoko Kawata had ever anticipated.
- The 35-year-old has been plunged into a national debate about whether elected officials should take time off for childbirth, in a country that's struggling to lift birth rates.
- "I was so surprised because the reaction was so b
Sources: BBC News