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Vote of No-Confidence Passed Agaianst Ito City Mayor Maki Takubo

On Friday, a vote of no-confidence was passed against Maki Takubo, the mayor of Ito city in Shizuoka Prefecture. She is now expected to lose her position and a mayoral election will take place, with at least five other candidates considering running. Takubo is also said to be thinking about running again. People in Ito […] The post Vote of No-Confidence Passed Agaianst Ito City Mayor Maki Takubo appeared first on Tokyo Weekender.

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] A second motion of no confidence against Mayor Maki Takubo (55), of Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, who has been accused of falsifying his educational background, was passed at an extraordinary city council meeting on the 31st. The vote was 19 in favor and 1 against. In accordance with the Local Autonomy Act, Takubo lost his position at midnight on the 1st. Within 50 days

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