(Real Name: OGAWA Eriko)
Born:
September 19, 1950, Tokyo
Education:
1973 University of the Sacred Heart Tokyo,
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Career:
1985 Chief Editor, Sankei Living Newspaper (world's
largest newspaper for housewives, with
a circulation of nine million)
2000 Member, House of Representatives
2004 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
2009 Chairperson, Committee on Environment
2012 Chairperson, Special Committee on Official
Development Assistance and Related Matters
2016 Chairperson, Special Committee on North Korea
Abduction Issue and Related Matters
2019 Chairperson, Special Committee on Political Ethics
and Election System
2020 Chairperson, Special Committee on North Korean
Abduction Issue and Related Matters
(Major posts in the Government)
2005 Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office
2006 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (education
rebuilding)
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
(Major posts in a political party)
2008 Director, Woman's Affairs Division,
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Chief Secretary, Special Committee on North Korean
Abductions, LDP
2013 Chairperson, Headquarters for North Korean Abductions,
LDP
Chairperson, LDP Policy Board in the House of Councillors
2016 Chairperson, Headquarters for North Korean Abductions,
LDP
Chairperson, Research Commission on
Culture and Tradition, LDP
2019 Chairperson, Party Ethics Committee, LDP
(as of May 11,2023)