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Eriko YAMATANI

Eriko YAMATANI

Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minister in charge of Ocean Policy and Territorial Issues
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
Minister of State for Disaster Management

Date of Birth: September 19, 1950
Place of Birth: Fukui Prefecture
Member of the House of Councilors;
elected as proportional–representative candidate;
second term (Twice to the House of Councilors, one term in the House of Representatives)

Brief Survey of Career

Mar. 1973

Graduated from the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Liberal Arts of University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo
Editor-in-Chief of Sankei Living newspaper after working for  publishing companies
Political Career
Dec. 2014 Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minister in charge of Ocean Policy and Territorial Issues
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
Minister of State for Disaster Management
(the Third Abe Cabinet)
Sep. 2014 Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minister in charge of Ocean Policy and Territorial Issues
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
Minister of State for Disaster Management
(the reshuffled Second Abe Cabinet) 
Oct. 2013 Chairperson of LDP Policy Board in H.C.
Jan. 2013 Chairperson of LDP Headquarters for North Korean Abductions
Dec. 2012 Chairperson of the H.C. Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters
Oct. 2012 Director of LDP Cabinet Division
Jul. 2010 Elected for the second time to the House of Councilors at the 22nd election (proportional-representation constituency)
Oct. 2009 Chairperson of the H.C. Committee on Environment
Oct. 2008 Director of the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) Women’s Affairs Division
Sep. 2007 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (Education Rebuilding)
Sep. 2006 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (Education Rebuilding)
Nov. 2005 Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office
Jul. 2004 Elected for the first time to the House of Councilors (H.C.) at the 20th election (proportional-representation constituency)
Jun. 2000 Elected for the first time to the House of Representative
Personal Motto: Persistence will pay off.
Hobby: Swimming, and Aikido (of the fourth-degree)
Works (Books): “Japan Forever”
“Kept running, the 5601st morning of my dad, Sinpei YAMATANI”
“My dear mom”
“The important matters I learned from my dad”
“Conflict between a wife and her mother-in-law”

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