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Ex-Mayor of Ito, Central Japan, Indicted over Academic Fraud

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13:34 JST, March 31, 2026

Shizuoka, March 30 (Jiji Press)—Public prosecutors on Monday indicted without arrest Maki Takubo, former mayor of the city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on suspicions including local autonomy law violation over her alleged academic fraud.

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