KAMIKAWA Yoko

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Shizuoka 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected nine times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: March 1953, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
• Education:
• College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Master in Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA

• Career:
• Researcher, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
• Policy Planning Assistant to US Senator Max Baucus (Democrat), USA
• Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Minister of Justice (three times)
• Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
• Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
• Minister of Public Records Management and National Archives
• State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• Deputy Chairperson, General Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chairperson, LDP Special Committee for Promoting Women's Active Participation
• Acting Secretary-General, LDP
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens
• Chief Secretary, LDP Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on the Judiciary System
• Chair, Judge Indictment Committee, National Diet
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare