Japan's oldest mayor to retire

Japan's oldest mayor to retire

Shigemasa Igawa, mayor of the western Japan city of Kudamatsu, gives a press conference at the municipal office on Feb. 15, 2015, to announce that he will retire. Igawa, 85, the oldest mayor in Japan, said he will not run in the mayoral race in April as he wants to support his wife, who is in ill-health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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