TSUCHIYA Shinako

• Minister for Reconstruction
• Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Saitama 13th District (single-seat constituency), eight times
• Born: February 1952, Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Liberal Arts, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo

• Career:
• Culinary researcher
• Flower artist
• Visiting professor at junior colleges and universities
• State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
• State Minister of the Environment
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Vice-Chairperson, LDP Public Relations Headquarters;
• Director, LDP Publicity and Strategies Division
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Women's Activity Promotion
• Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives (HR)
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Consumer Affairs
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Environment
• Senior Director, HR Special Committee on Promotion of Science and Technology, and Innovation
• Chair, Committee for Women Political Leaders Summit in Japan;
• Leader, Japanese Delegation to Summit
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Dietary Education
• President, Japan-Iceland Parliamentary Friendship League
• President, Japan-Laos Parliamentary Friendship League
• Vice President and Chief Secretary, Japan-Canada Parliamentary Friendship League