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Toru Fukuta (福田徹, Fukuta Toru; born 2 June 1982) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of…
Toru Fukuta (福田徹, Fukuta Toru; born 2 June 1982) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2024. From 2017 to 2022, he served as EMS medical director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital.
Yozo Kaneko (金子容三, Kaneko Yozo; born 1 February 1983) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of…
Yozo Kaneko (金子容三, Kaneko Yozo; born 1 February 1983) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2023. He is the son of Genjirō Kaneko and the grandson of Iwazo Kaneko.
Satoshi Takayama (Japanese: 高山 聡史, Hepburn: Takayama Satoshi; born 21 September 1986) is a Japanese politician who is a…
Satoshi Takayama (Japanese: 高山 聡史, Hepburn: Takayama Satoshi; born 21 September 1986) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives since 2026 for Tokyo proportional representation block. A founding member of Team Mirai, Takayama served as the party's Secretary-General between 2025 and 2026.
Takeshi Noma (野間 健, Noma Takeshi; born 8 October 1958) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party…
Takeshi Noma (野間 健, Noma Takeshi; born 8 October 1958) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party serving in the House of Representatives. Noma was a member of the People's New Party before the party dissolved.
Keigo Hashimoto (橋本慧悟, Hashimoto Keigo; born 3 December 1988) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the…
Keigo Hashimoto (橋本慧悟, Hashimoto Keigo; born 3 December 1988) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2024 to 2026. From 2023 to 2024, he was a member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly.
Yohei Matsumoto (松本 洋平, Matsumoto Yōhei; born 31 August 1973) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Yohei Matsumoto (松本 洋平, Matsumoto Yōhei; born 31 August 1973) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) who has served as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology since 21 October 2025.
Junta Fukuda (福田淳太, Fukuda Junta; born 3 November 1993) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of…
Junta Fukuda (福田淳太, Fukuda Junta; born 3 November 1993) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2024 to 2026. He previously worked as a reporter for Chiba Nippo and served as secretary to Kazuma Nakatani.
Eri Igarashi (五十嵐衣里, Igarashi Eri; born 19 January 1984) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House…
Eri Igarashi (五十嵐衣里, Igarashi Eri; born 19 January 1984) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2024 to 2026. From 2021 to 2024, she was a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. She gave birth while in office on 2 October 2025.
Rie Sasaki (born 24 August 1982) is a Japanese politician, representing Osaka in the House of Councillors of Japan for…
Rie Sasaki (born 24 August 1982) is a Japanese politician, representing Osaka in the House of Councillors of Japan for the Japan Innovation Party since 2025.
Eriko Omori (Japanese: 大森 江里子, Hepburn: Ōmori Eriko; born 16 May 1973) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the…
Eriko Omori (Japanese: 大森 江里子, Hepburn: Ōmori Eriko; born 16 May 1973) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives since 2024 for Tokyo proportional representation block.
Daisuke Nishino (西野太亮, Nishino Daisuke; born 22 September 1978) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the…
Daisuke Nishino (西野太亮, Nishino Daisuke; born 22 September 1978) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. He has served as parliamentary vice-minister of the Cabinet Office since 2024.
Zhang Dongsun (simplified Chinese: 张东荪; traditional Chinese: 張東蓀; Wade–Giles: Chang Tung-sun; 1886–1973), also known as…
Zhang Dongsun (simplified Chinese: 张东荪; traditional Chinese: 張東蓀; Wade–Giles: Chang Tung-sun; 1886–1973), also known as Chang Tung-sheng, was a Chinese philosopher, public intellectual and political figure. He was a professor of Western philosophy and Chinese social philosophy at Tsinghua University and Yenching University.
Kunio Arakaki (born 19 June 1956) is a Japanese politician and karate practitioner. He was a member of the House of…
Kunio Arakaki (born 19 June 1956) is a Japanese politician and karate practitioner. He was a member of the House of Representatives, belonging to the Centrist Reform Alliance. He previously was a member of the Social Democratic Party. He served as mayor of Kitanakagusuku in Okinawa Prefecture, between 2004 and 2020.
Ryusho Kato (加藤竜祥, Kato Ryusho; born 10 February 1980) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of…
Ryusho Kato (加藤竜祥, Kato Ryusho; born 10 February 1980) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. He is the son of Kanji Kato.
Maki Ikeda (池田 真紀, Ikeda Maki; born 24 May 1972) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives as…
Maki Ikeda (池田 真紀, Ikeda Maki; born 24 May 1972) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from 2024 to 2026, and from 2017 to 2021.
Naoko Shinoda (篠田 奈保子) (married surname: Nakagawa (中川) (born February 5, 1972) is a Japanese politician and lawyer. She…
Naoko Shinoda (篠田 奈保子) (married surname: Nakagawa (中川) (born February 5, 1972) is a Japanese politician and lawyer. She is a former member of the House of Representatives and member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
Yosuke Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 庸介, born 21 November 1975) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of…
Yosuke Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 庸介, born 21 November 1975) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party from 2021 to 2026, representing Tokyo proportional representation block. He was elected for the first time in 2021.
Kei Takagi is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
Hitoshi Aoyagi (青柳 仁士, Aoyagi Hitoshi; born 7 November 1978) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Hitoshi Aoyagi (青柳 仁士, Aoyagi Hitoshi; born 7 November 1978) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
Takashi Midorikawa (緑川貴士, Midorikawa Takashi; born 10 January 1985) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the…
Takashi Midorikawa (緑川貴士, Midorikawa Takashi; born 10 January 1985) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. He previously worked as a television presenter for Akita Asahi Broadcasting.
Rie Saito (斉藤 里恵, Saito Rie; born 3 February 1984) is a Japanese politician and author. Having lost her hearing as an…
Rie Saito (斉藤 里恵, Saito Rie; born 3 February 1984) is a Japanese politician and author. Having lost her hearing as an infant, she wrote a best-selling book about her experience working at a host club, where she communicated with patrons using a notepad and pen.
Komakichi Matsuoka (松岡駒吉, Matsuoka Komakichi; 8 April 1888 – 14 August 1958) was a Japanese politician and labor…
Komakichi Matsuoka (松岡駒吉, Matsuoka Komakichi; 8 April 1888 – 14 August 1958) was a Japanese politician and labor activist. Born in Iwami Province (present day Tottori Prefecture), Matsuoka was a steelworker at Japan Steel Works who joined Suzuki Bunji as a business agent at the predecessor to the Japanese Federation of Labour in 1917. With a growing interest in politics, Matsuoka joined the pro-labour Social Democratic Party in 1926, and ran independently in the 1942 Japanese general election in a failed bid to join Japan's House of Representatives following the labour movement's eventual break up in 1940 due to an inability to organize and need to comply with the demands of Japan's imperialist expansionism in the 1930s. Following the end of the war, the Japanese Federation of Labour was reborn in 1946 with Matsuoka as its president, and with the backing of the center-left Japan Socialist Party, he was elected to Tokyo's 2nd district on 25 April 1947 in a surprising win for the party with 143 of the 468 seats going to the JSP, with Matsuoka elected as speaker. The predecessor to today's center-right Liberal Democratic Party retook the reins of government in the 1949 election, although Matsuoka held his seat in the lower house for 5 more terms. With Japan's entry in the United Nations in December 1956, Matsuoka accompanied Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu to attend the United Nations General Assembly, and continued to serve his district until dying in office of liver disease on 14 August 1958 at 70 years of age.
Saburō Eda (江田 三郎, Eda Saburō; July 29, 1907 – May 22, 1977) was a Japanese party politician, prominent in the postwar…
Saburō Eda (江田 三郎, Eda Saburō; July 29, 1907 – May 22, 1977) was a Japanese party politician, prominent in the postwar period, who served two terms in the Member of the House of Councillors and four terms in the Member of the House of Representatives, and rose to become the Secretary General and Acting Chairman of the Japan Socialist Party in the early 1960s. Eda's optimistic "Eda Vision" of a broad-based, moderate form of socialism briefly won acclaim from the Japanese mass media before being beaten back by hardliners in the left wing of the party. He was the father of Japanese politician Satsuki Eda.
Ijichi Ryū'emon Masaharu (Japanese: 伊地知 龍右衛門 正治; August 7, 1828 – May 23, 1886) was a Japanese samurai retainer of the…
Ijichi Ryū'emon Masaharu (Japanese: 伊地知 龍右衛門 正治; August 7, 1828 – May 23, 1886) was a Japanese samurai retainer of the Shimazu clan, military strategist, and aristocrat. His imina was Sueyasu (季靖).
Chisato Miyade (宮出千慧, Miyade Chisato; born 15 March 1985) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of…
Chisato Miyade (宮出千慧, Miyade Chisato; born 15 March 1985) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Councillors since 2025. In the 2024 general election, she was a candidate for the House of Representatives.
Taku Ishii (石井 拓, Ishii Taku; born 11 April 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has…
Taku Ishii (石井 拓, Ishii Taku; born 11 April 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served as a member of the House of Representatives for Aichi 13th district since 2026. He previously served in the House of Representatives from 2021 to 2024 through the Tōkai proportional representation block, and before entering national politics he served as a member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly and the Hekinan City Council.
Shinji Wakayama (若山 慎司, Wakayama Shinji; born 15 July 1973) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Shinji Wakayama (若山 慎司, Wakayama Shinji; born 15 July 1973) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
Satoshi Honjō (本庄 知史, Honjō Satoshi; born 22 October 1974) is a Japanese politician of the Centrist Reform Alliance…
Satoshi Honjō (本庄 知史, Honjō Satoshi; born 22 October 1974) is a Japanese politician of the Centrist Reform Alliance, who served as a member of the House of Representatives.
Masayasu Yamasaki (山崎 正恭, Yamasaki Masayasu; born 5 March 1971) is a Japanese politician of the Centrist Reform…
Masayasu Yamasaki (山崎 正恭, Yamasaki Masayasu; born 5 March 1971) is a Japanese politician of the Centrist Reform Alliance, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
Chen Duxiu (simplified Chinese: 陈独秀; traditional Chinese: 陳獨秀; pinyin: Chén Dúxiù; Wade–Giles: Chʻên Tu-hsiu; 9 October…
Chen Duxiu (simplified Chinese: 陈独秀; traditional Chinese: 陳獨秀; pinyin: Chén Dúxiù; Wade–Giles: Chʻên Tu-hsiu; 9 October 1879 – 27 May 1942) was a Chinese intellectual, revolutionary, and political activist. Chen Duxiu was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1921 and served as its first General Secretary from 1921 to 1927. Chen was also a leading figure in the New Culture Movement (c. 1915–1922) and May Fourth Movement of 1919, which significantly influenced China's intellectual and political landscape in the early 20th century. Born in Anhui, Chen was raised in a traditional gentry family but became involved in revolutionary activities from a young age. He studied in Japan, where he was exposed to Western ideas and became involved with Chinese student activist groups. Returning to China, he played a key role in local revolutionary movements in Anhui, notably through journalism and education, advocating for a vernacular literary revolution and the preservation of China's "national essence". During the New Culture Movement, Chen rose to national prominence as the editor of the influential magazine New Youth (Xin Qingnian) and as Dean of Arts and Letters at Peking University. He championed science, democracy, and vernacular literature, while launching trenchant critiques of traditional Confucianism and Chinese society. His writings and leadership were instrumental in shaping the May Fourth generation of intellectuals and activists. Following the May Fourth Movement and influenced by the Russian Revolution, Chen embraced Marxism and, with the assistance of Comintern agents, co-founded the CCP. As its first leader, he navigated the complex early years of the party, including the First United Front with the Kuomintang (KMT). However, he was removed from leadership in 1927, becoming a scapegoat for the failures of the United Front. Subsequently, Chen became associated with the Trotskyist Left Opposition and was expelled from the CCP in 1929. He spent his later years in relative political isolation, attempting to reconcile Marxism with his earlier democratic ideals and continuing his philological research until his death in Sichuan in 1942. Chen Duxiu's legacy is complex. While often criticized in official CCP historiography for "right-wing opportunism", he is recognized as a founder of the party and a pivotal figure in modern Chinese intellectual and revolutionary history. He represented the internationalistic and Westernizing Marxist influences of the early CCP, which were later superseded by the more nationalist and voluntaristic tendencies of Mao Zedong.
Tang Erho (simplified Chinese: 汤尔和; traditional Chinese: 湯爾和; pinyin: Tāng Ěrhé; Wade-Giles: T'ang Er-ho, 1878 –…
Tang Erho (simplified Chinese: 汤尔和; traditional Chinese: 湯爾和; pinyin: Tāng Ěrhé; Wade-Giles: T'ang Er-ho, 1878 – November 8, 1940) was a medical doctor and politician in the Chinese Beiyang government, later noted for his role as in the collaborationist Provisional Government of the Republic of China.
Marquess Asano Nagakoto (浅野 長勲; 28 August 1842 – 1 February 1937) was a daimyō of Hiroshima Domain for a short time…
Marquess Asano Nagakoto (浅野 長勲; 28 August 1842 – 1 February 1937) was a daimyō of Hiroshima Domain for a short time after the Meiji Restoration. For the rest of the Meiji period, he was a politician and diplomat, and was one of the last surviving Japanese daimyō (Hayashi Tadataka and Wakebe Mitsunori outlived him).
Hiranao Honda (本多 平直, Honda Hiranao; born 2 December 1964) is a former Japanese politician of the Constitutional…
Hiranao Honda (本多 平直, Honda Hiranao; born 2 December 1964) is a former Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sapporo, Honda represents Hokkaido through the Hokkaido PR block.
Seiji Osaka (逢坂 誠二, Ōsaka Seiji; born 24 April 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of…
Seiji Osaka (逢坂 誠二, Ōsaka Seiji; born 24 April 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Kenko Matsuki (松木 謙公, Matsuki Kenkō / Matsuki Shizuhiro; born 22 February 1959) is a Japanese politician and a member…
Kenko Matsuki (松木 謙公, Matsuki Kenkō / Matsuki Shizuhiro; born 22 February 1959) is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
Seiko Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 聖子, Hepburn: Hashimoto Seiko; born 5 October 1964) is a Japanese politician, former speed…
Seiko Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 聖子, Hepburn: Hashimoto Seiko; born 5 October 1964) is a Japanese politician, former speed skater and track cyclist. She has the most Olympic appearances of any Japanese athlete except Noriaki Kasai, representing her native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics from 1984 to 1994 and in three consecutive Summer Olympics from 1988 to 1996, making her a seven time Olympian. On top of her Olympic career, she is the mother of six children while working in politics and other leadership positions. She is currently a member of the House of Councillors from the Liberal Democratic Party, and served as the President of the Japan Skating Federation from 2006 to 2019. She served on the Japanese Cabinet as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games from September 2019 until February 2021, when she became the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee. She is only the second female in Olympic history to become president of a games' organizing committee after Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of the Athens 2004 organizing committee.
Akinori Eto (江渡 聡徳, Eto Akinori; born 1955) is a Japanese politician and the former defense minister of Japan.
Jiro Aichi (愛知 治郎, Aichi Jirō; born June 23, 1969) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member…
Jiro Aichi (愛知 治郎, Aichi Jirō; born June 23, 1969) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). He is the son of Kazuo Aichi. A native of Sendai, Miyagi and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected for the first time in 2001. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.
Sayuri Kamata (鎌田 さゆり) (born January 8, 1965) is a Japanese politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives…
Sayuri Kamata (鎌田 さゆり) (born January 8, 1965) is a Japanese politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives (four terms) and the acting representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) of Japan's Miyagi Prefectural Chapter. She also served as a member of the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly (one term) and a member of the Sendai City Assembly (one term).
Nobuhide Minorikawa (御法川 信英, Minorikawa Nobuhide; born 25 May 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…
Nobuhide Minorikawa (御法川 信英, Minorikawa Nobuhide; born 25 May 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), serving as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ōmagari, Akita, he attended Keio University and received a master's degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in the United States. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 as an independent and joined the LDP in the following year.
Koichi Takemasa (武正 公一, Takemasa Kōichi; born 23 March 1961) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of…
Koichi Takemasa (武正 公一, Takemasa Kōichi; born 23 March 1961) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 1995 after an unsuccessful run in 1991.
Yoshio Tezuka (born 14 September 1966) is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party who was…
Yoshio Tezuka (born 14 September 1966) is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party who was elected to the House of Representatives in the Tokyo 5th district in the 2021 Japanese general election.
Kazuko Saito (Japanese: 斉藤 和子, Hepburn: Saitō Kazuko) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House…
Kazuko Saito (Japanese: 斉藤 和子, Hepburn: Saitō Kazuko) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Representatives as a representative of the Southern Kanto proportional representation block, a position she was elected to in 2014. She is against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposal which she thinks will negatively affect farmers in Japan.
Yukihiko Akutsu (阿久津 幸彦, Akutsu Yukihiko; born 26 June 1956) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic…
Yukihiko Akutsu (阿久津 幸彦, Akutsu Yukihiko; born 26 June 1956) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Yoriko Madoka (Japanese: 円 より子, Hepburn: Madoka Yoriko; born 10 February 1947) is a Japanese politician who served in…
Yoriko Madoka (Japanese: 円 より子, Hepburn: Madoka Yoriko; born 10 February 1947) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Councillors from 1993 to 2010 and served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2024 to 2026.
Yasuko Komiyama (小宮山 泰子, Komiyama Yasuko; born 25 April 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic…
Yasuko Komiyama (小宮山 泰子, Komiyama Yasuko; born 25 April 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Zhang Shizhao (simplified Chinese: 章士钊; traditional Chinese: 章士釗; pinyin: Zhāng Shìzhāo; Wade–Giles: Chang Shih-chao…
Zhang Shizhao (simplified Chinese: 章士钊; traditional Chinese: 章士釗; pinyin: Zhāng Shìzhāo; Wade–Giles: Chang Shih-chao; 20 March 1881 – 1 July 1973), courtesy name Xingyan, pen name Huangzhonghuang, Qingtong or Qiutong, was a Chinese journalist, educator, politician of the early 20th century known for his advocacy first of revolutionary cultural values in the period leading up to the 1911 Revolution and then of traditional Confucian culture in following years. From the early years of the 20th century, Zhang edited a series of widely read journals and in the 1910s and 20s conducted respectful debates with New Culture Movement advocates of deep change and promoted Classical Chinese writing and protested written vernacular Chinese. He was the Minister of Justice and Minister of Education of the Beiyang Government, led by Duan Qirui during the Republic of China period. He was a senator in the Republic of China government and a standing committee member of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and a standing committee member of the CPPCC in PRC. He was the president of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History. In 1949, Zhang was among a group of non-Communist intellectuals who reached out to Mao Zedong.
Noriko Horiuchi (堀内 詔子, Horiuchi Noriko, born 28 October 1965) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of…
Noriko Horiuchi (堀内 詔子, Horiuchi Noriko, born 28 October 1965) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives, since 2012, representing Yamanashi Prefecture. She served as Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and Minister in Charge of Promoting Vaccinations. She had been in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet since 4 October 2021 until 31 March 2022. Noriko Horiuchi was preceded by Tamayo Marukawa as Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and by Taro Kono as Minister in Charge of Vaccination. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Noriko Horiuchi already performed the following roles: Director of Fujiyama Museum; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; Director, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare; Director, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs; Member, Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake; Deputy Director, Women's Affairs Division of Policy Research Council; Deputy Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division; Director, Women's Affairs Division, Federation of Yamanashi Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches.
Ikuo Yamahana (Japanese: 山花 郁夫, Hepburn: Yamahana Ikuo; born 18 January 1967) is a Japanese politician of the…
Ikuo Yamahana (Japanese: 山花 郁夫, Hepburn: Yamahana Ikuo; born 18 January 1967) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Miki Yamada (山田美樹, Yamada Miki; born 15 March 1974) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of…
Miki Yamada (山田美樹, Yamada Miki; born 15 March 1974) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. She was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo and received an LLB from the University of Tokyo, following which she joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. She attended business school at Columbia University and subsequently worked in the Cabinet Secretariat under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, as a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group, and as a marketing executive for Hermès Japan. She was first elected to the Diet in the 2012 general election, in which she defeated former Economy Minister (and subsequent Democratic Party of Japan president) Banri Kaieda in the Tokyo 1st district. Her campaign was supported by Kaoru Yosano. Miki was re-elected to serve a further term in parliament in the 2014 general election. She was appointed (and remains) Vice-minister for foreign affairs in the 3rd cabinet re-shuffle of the Abe administration. In the 2017 general election, Kaieda defeated Yamada by a small margin in the Tokyo 1st district, but Yamada retained a seat in the Diet through the LDP proportional representation list.