Mayor Shoko Kawata: Welcomed for Better Yawata
Mayor Shoko Kawata was elected in November 2023 to lead Yawata, southern Kyoto Prefecture. Having no direct ties with the city, Shoko Kawata surprisingly managed to appeal to the almost 70,000 people residing there. Her victory was, thus, mentioned by some media as “unexpected”, though welcomed by some. Coming from a family with no political …