Yōko Kamikawa
Japanese politician
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| Intro | Japanese politician | |
| Places | Japan | |
| is | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 March 1953, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan | |
| Age | 71 years | |
| Politics: | Liberal Democratic Party |
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Yōko Kamikawa (上川 陽子, Kamikawa Yōko, 1 March 1953) is a Japanese politician, who has been serving as Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs since August 2007 in Shinzō Abe's and Yasuo Fukuda's cabinets. She is a member of the House of Representatives and the Liberal Democratic Party.
Born in Shizuoka Prefecture she graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1977. In 1988 she also received a masters degree in public administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University. She was elected for the first time in June 2000.