By SHINYA MINAMISHIMA/ Staff Writer
September 10, 2025 at 16:51 JST
Ito Mayor Maki Takubo, left, hands a document officializing the city assembly's dissolution to the body's chair and vice chair on Sept. 10 in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Noboru Tomura)
ITO, Shizuoka Prefecture—Faced with the ultimatum to resign or dissolve the city assembly, Mayor Maki Takubo chose the latter on Sept. 10. [Read More]
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