(As of December 2023)
ABE Toshiko
- State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
- Elected: Chugoku Bloc (proportional representation), six times
- Born: 19 May 1959, Ishinomaki, Miyagi
- Education:
- PhD, Graduate School, Illinois State University, USA
- Career:
- Vice President, Japanese Nursing Association
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
- State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives