KANEKO Emi

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Fukushima 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected four times

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Born: July 1965, Hobara (now Date), Fukushima
• Education:
• Faculty of Letters, Hosei University, Japan
• Master's degree, Graduate School, California State University, USA
• Master's degree, Graduate School, Fukushima University, Japan

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (one term)
• Member, Hobara Town Council
• Member, Date City Council
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
• Deputy Secretary General, Democratic Party of Japan
• Senior Deputy Chairperson, Policy Research Committee, Democratic Party
• Chairperson, Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake Division, Policy Research Committee, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP)
• Regular Manager, CDP Tohoku Bloc
• Assistant Chief, CDP Office of the Board Members
• Senior Deputy Chairperson, CDP Business & Organizations Liaison Committee
• Director-General, CDP Office for Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake
• CDP Next Cabinet Minister of state of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Chairperson, Federation of CDP Fukushima Prefecture Branches
• Chairperson, CDP Fukushima Prefecture 1st Electoral District General Branch
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Director, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake