Yoko Komiyama Explained

Yoko Komiyama
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Primeminister:Yoshihiko Noda
Term Start:23 April 2012
Term End:1 October 2012
Predecessor:Masaharu Nakagawa
Successor:Ikko Nakatsuka
Office2:Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare
Primeminister2:Yoshihiko Noda
Term Start2:2 September 2011
Term End2:1 October 2012
Predecessor2:Ritsuo Hosokawa
Successor2:Wakio Mitsui
Office3:Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency3:Tokyo 6th (2003–2005; 2009–2012)
Tokyo PR (2005–2009)
Term Start3:April 2003
Term End3:16 November 2012
Predecessor3:Kōki Ishii
Successor3:Takao Ochi
Office4:Member of the House of Councillors
Constituency4:National PR
Term Start4:26 July 1998
Term End4:15 April 2003
Birth Date:17 September 1948
Birth Place:Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Alma Mater:Seijo University
Party:Democratic

is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Shibuya, Tokyo and graduate of Seijo University, she worked at the public broadcaster NHK from 1972 to 1998. She was elected to the House of Councilors for the first time in 1998 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in April 2003. In September 2011 she was appointed Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.[1]

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  1. Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.