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  "id": 11141586,
  "title": "Mayor of Yawata who took maternity leave among Time's rising stars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/mayor-of-yawata-who-took-maternity-leave-among-times-rising-stars",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T08:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261001/p2g/00m/0na/026000c"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Shoko Kawata, the 36-year-old mayor of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, believed to be the first incumbent mayor in Japan to take mater",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}