Maebashi Mayor Resigns amid Hotel Scandal

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)--Akira Ogawa, mayor of Maebashi, the capital of Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, is set to resign on Thursday following a scandal involving repeated visits to a hotel with a married male subordinate. At a plenary meeting the same day, the city assembly with 38 seats and one vacancy unanimously approved the resignation of Ogawa, 42. "It was a to...