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Yuriko Koike is women candidats for Prime Minister Japan

Yuriko Koike (Koike Yuriko, born July 15, 1952) is a Japanese politician, who was the Minister of Defense in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but resigned August 27, 2007 after only 54 days in office. She is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan for Tokyo's 10th district. She is originally known as an expert on Middle East issues

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Secretary Rice shakes hands with Her Excellency Yuriko Koike, Minister of Defense of Japan prior to their meeting

Early life and education

Born and raised in Ashiya, Hyogo, a wealthy Kobe suburb, Koike went to Kōnan Girls' Junior and Senior High School for her secondary education. After attending the School of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University in 1971 and the American University in Cairo in 1972, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Cairo University in 1976.

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Yuriko Koike


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Yuriko Koike


Career in media

Koike anchored TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite, the nation-wide TV business news program from 1988 to 1992, after co-hosting Kenichi Takemura's Storytelling on Social Aspects (Sesō kōdan?) of NTV from 1979 to 1985.

Career in politics

Koike currently belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party after she belonged to the Japan New Party, New Frontier Party, Liberal Party, and New Conservative Party. She has also served one term in the House of Councillors.

A past participant in the World Economic Forum, Koike has been considered a prime candidate to become Japan's first female prime minister. Koike is a long-time participant in the U.S.-Japan Legislative Exchange Program hosted by George Washington University and run by Professor Henry Nau.

She previously served as the Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs in the Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi, Abe's predecessor. She has been responsible for starting the Cool Biz campaign in Japanese political circles.

Originally representing Hyōgo Prefecture, Koike became one of Koizumi's "assassins" in the 2005 Lower House election, and was critical of LDP members who were defiant of Koizumi's leadership. Her most recent position before becoming Minister of Defense was Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Issues in the Abe Cabinet.

On August 24, Yuriko Koike announced she intended to resign from the post, citing the Aegis classified information leak scandal as a reason. Koike later hinted the much publicized fight she had had with Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki over a vice-minister replacement was the real reason, as the opposition would use that to oppose a bill on Japan's terrorism laws.

Timeline

  • 1977 - Interpreter and Translator of Arabic, Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association.
  • 1978 - Interviewer and Coordinator for the Nippon TV Special "Colonel Qaddafi and Yasser Arafat"
  • 1979 - News presenter for Nippon TV's Daily Program "Current Issues"
  • 1988-1989 - News presenter for TV Tokyo's Financial and Business Programs "World Business Satellite" and "Top Business Executives"
  • 1990 - Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association.
  • 1992 - Elected to the House of Councillors from the Japan New Party.
  • 1993 - Elected to the House of Representatives from Hyōgo Prefecture's Second District, Vice-Minister of the Management and Coordination Agency.
  • 1994 - Vice-President of the Japan New Party, founding member of the New Frontier Party.
  • 1995 - Assistant to the Secretary General of the New Frontier Party.
  • 1996 - Director of the Public Relations Bureau of the New Frontier Party, re-elected to the House of Representatives from Hyōgo Prefecture's Sixth District.
  • 1997 - Chair of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives
  • 1998 - Founding Member of the Liberal Party, member of the Standing Committee on Trade and Industry of the House of Representatives, Director of the Standing Committee on Finance of the House of Representatives.
  • 1999 - Member of the Committee on Public Relations of the Liberal Party, State Secretary for the Economic Planning Chair of the Liberal Party.
  • 2000 - Member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Standing Committee on Health and Welfare of the House of Representatives, Vice-Chair of the New Conservative Party Policy Planning Committee, and re-elected to the House of Representatives from Hyōgo Prefecture's Sixth District.
  • 2003 - Minister of the Environment, Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems (Second Koizumi Cabinet), re-elected to the House of Representatives, Minister of the Environment and Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems (Second Reshuffled First Koizumi Cabinet), and member of the Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives.
  • 2004 - Minister of the Environment, Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems, and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (Reshuffled Second Koizumi Cabinet).
  • 2005 - Minister of the Environment, Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems, and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (Third Koizumi Cabinet and reshuffled Third Koizumi Cabinet). Re-elected to the House of Representatives.
  • 2006 - Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs (First Abe Cabinet).
  • 2007 - Minister of Defense (First Abe Cabinet). Left office after only 54 days in office.

Yuriko Koike
Yuriko Koike

In office
July 4, 2007August 27, 2007
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Deputy Takahide Kimura
Preceded by Fumio Kyuma
Succeeded by Masahiko Komura

In office
September 26, 2006July 4, 2007
Preceded by New post
Succeeded by None

In office
September 21, 2005September 26, 2006
Succeeded by Sanae Takaichi
In office
September 27, 2004September 21, 2005
Preceded by Toshimitsu Motegi

5th, 6th, and 7th
Minister of the Environment
In office
September 21, 2005September 26, 2006
Deputy Yasuyuki Eda,
Hiroshi Takano
Succeeded by Masatoshi Wakabayashi
In office
November 19, 2003September 21, 2005
Deputy Hiroshi Takano,
Shuichi Kato
In office
September 22, 2003November 19, 2003
Deputy Shuichi Kato
Preceded by Shunichi Suzuki

Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo's 10th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 11, 2006
Preceded by Koki Kobayashi
Majority 109,764 (50.05%)

Born July 15, 1952 (1952-07-15) (age 56)
Ashiya, Hyōgo,
Flag of JapanJapan
Nationality Japanese
Political party Liberal Democratic Party (2003-present)
New Conservative Party (2000-2003)
Liberal Party (1997-2000)
New Frontier Party (1994-1997)
Japan New Party (1992-1994)
Spouse None
Children None
Residence Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater Cairo University
American University in Cairo
Kwansei Gakuin University
Profession News anchor
Religion N/A
Website http://www.yuriko.or.jp

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