TAKAGAI Emiko

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Shimane 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected twice


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: December 1963, Kami, Kami-gun, Miyagi
• Education:
• Master's degree, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (now Institute of Science Tokyo)
• Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (coursework toward a doctoral degree)

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (HC) (two terms)


• Public Health Nurse
• Nurse
• Faculty Member, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (now Institute of Science Tokyo)
• Technical Official, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Executive Director, Japanese Nursing Association
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
• State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Director, Women's Affairs Division, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Director, LDP Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division
• Chairperson, HC Standing Committee on Education, Culture and Science
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake