Itoda Town became the first municipality in Japan to welcome a community-reactivating cooperator squad member from overseas. Twenty-one-year-old Mai Sugio graduated from California University and remotely applied to the job position from the U.S. The quadrilingual woman is eager to internationally promote the charms of Itoda town in the next three years. Source: Mainichi / Official facebook
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