３３歳の女性市長、史上最年少　維新候補ら破る―京都府八幡市

　前市長の辞職に伴う京都府八幡市長選の投開票が１２日に行われ、元参院議員秘書の川田翔子氏（３３）＝無所属・新／自民、立民、公明推薦＝が、元府議の尾形賢氏（４３）＝維新・新、元市議の亀田優子氏（６２）＝無所属・新／共産推薦＝を破り、初当選を果たした。女性市長としてこれまでで全国最年少となる。（2023/11/13-10:09）

Independent Shoko Kawata, 33, was elected Sunday to be mayor of the city of Yawata in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto, becoming the youngest female city mayor in Japanese history.
   Kawata, who had worked as a secretary of a member of the House of Councillors, was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito in the mayoral election, which was held due to the previous mayor's resignation.
   She picked up more votes than two other candidates--Ken Ogata from Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), a former member of the Kyoto prefectural assembly, and independent Yuko Kameda, backed by the Japanese Communist Party.
   Sawako Naito, who became mayor of the city of Tokushima in the namesake prefecture in western Japan at the age of 36, was previously the country's youngest-ever elected female city mayor, according to the Japan Association of City Mayors.