January 26th, 2012 
gooddevi Tokyo (AFP / AFP) - Voters in the general election in Japan has selected a 36-year-oldwoman, as the youngest mayor in the country dominated by male politicians old.
It is the youngest mayor Naomi Koshi, a graduate of Harvard law school, the United States. He managed to occupy the mayor’s office Otsu - the capital of Shiga Prefecture -after defeating a last candidate, a man older twice her age.
Governor of Shiga Prefecture is also a woman, thus, this first case in Japan, two important positions led by women in the region.
Naomi Koshi - backed Party of Prime Minister of Japan Yoshisiko Noda, center-left Democratic Party - beat Makoto Mekata (70).
“I want to work to raise awareness of children and other services,” said Naomi Koshi to supporters as quoted by the daily ”Mainichi Shimbun” on Sunday.
There are only a few women who become leaders in business and politics in Japan. Government reports said there were only about 11 percent of members of national parliaments and the lower one percent of women who became chairman of the company.
At least women who became senior officials is often blamed as the country is relatively weak in the provision of daycare, the lack of provision where the boy was also contributing to the decline in births in Japan, as more women choose to pursue their careers.
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