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 | | At present, she holds the position of Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture. |
 | | Her areas of responsibility include submit bills to the Assembly, to execute the budget, to collect local tax, to present statement of accounts for approval by the Assembly, oversee the accounting, to manage public facilities, to keep official documents, and to manage other administrative matters of local government. |
 | | Her activities aimed at improving the status of women in her city include appointing women as members of Prefectural advisory councils, upgrading the women’s machinery of the Prefectural Government from an office to a division (Gender Equality Division), and approving the continuous use of maiden names after marriage. |
| www.unescap.org /huset/women/swiulg/japan/yoshiko_shiotani.doc (645 words) |
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