{
  "id": 7774993,
  "title": "Japan's 1st Sitting Female Local Chief on Maternity Leave Gives Birth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/japans-1st-sitting-female-local-chief-on-maternity-leave-gives-birth",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:17:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091600832/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Shoko Kawata, the 36-year-old mayor of the city of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, who is believed to be the first sitting female local government chief in Japan to take maternity leave, gave birth to her first child, a baby girl, on Tuesday, the city government said Wednesday. Both the mother and child are healthy, according to the city. Kawata commented throug...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "Kyoto’s Yawata Mayor Gives Birth to Baby Girl; Said to Be 1st Sitting Mayor to Take Maternity Leave",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kyotos-yawata-mayor-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-said-to-be-1st-sitting",
        "published": "2026-09-16T10:11:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}