Ito Mayor Maki Takubo is likely to lose her job after most newly elected members of the city assembly said they would support a second no-confidence motion against her over the falsification of her education background. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/politics/japan-mayor-scandal-job-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shizuoka #ito #makitakubo #localgovernment
Thirty people filed their candidacies Sunday in the Oct. 19 election for the Ito Municipal Assembly in Shizuoka Prefecture, which was dissolved by controversial Mayor Maki Takubo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/politics/ito-assemly-race-heats-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #makitakubo #ito #shizuokaprefecture
Ito Mayor Maki Takubo dissolved the municipal assembly of the city in Shizuoka Prefecture on Wednesday after it passed a no-confidence motion against her in the wake of allegations she had falsified her academic record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/ito-mayor-dissolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ito #shizuoka #makitakubo #japanesepolice #universities #education
The city assembly of Ito in Shizuoka Prefecture has unanimously passed a no-confidence motion against Mayor Maki Takubo, 55, who is alleged to have falsified her academic record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/politics/japan-mayor-no-confidence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #makitakubo #ito #shizuoka #localgovernment
Maki Takubo, mayor of the city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday withdrew her resignation over allegations that she had lied about her academic record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/politics/ito-mayor-decides-not-to-quit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ito #shizuoka #makitakubo #localgovernment #universities
Amid allegations that she lied about her academic credentials, Maki Takubo, the mayor of the city of Ito in Shizuoka Prefecture, has promised to resign and seek reelection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/politics/japan-mayor-academic-record-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #makitakubo #shizuoka #ito