Yuriko Koike

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yuriko Koike
Date Of Birth	Jul 15, 1952(1952-07-15)
Age	72
Birthplace	Ashiya
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hyōgo Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

Yuriko Koike Biography

Yuriko Koike is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 15, 1952 in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Yuriko Koike, Xiao Chi Bai Zi He Zi, Koike Yuriko was born 15 July 1952. She is currently the governor of Tokyo. From 1993 to 2016, she was a member of Japan’s House of Representatives. She resigned to run for the Tokyo gubernatorial elections. She was also the Minister of Defense in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet, but she resigned in August 2007, after only 54 days. Koike, the first woman to be elected Tokyo Governor, was elected on 31 July 2016.

In the Cabinet of Prime Minster Jun’ichiro Koizumi, she was the Minister of Environment and Minister for Okinawa (Northern Territories Affairs). Koike, along with Makiko Fujino and Satsuki Katayama, became well-known as Koizumi’s “assassins” in 2005’s Lower House election. She ran in Tokyo against an LDP hardliner candidate, who was opposed to Koizumi’s policies.

She was appointed the first female Minister of Defense in June 2007 during the first term of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but announced in August 2007 that she intended to resign from the post, citing the Aegis classified information leak scandal as a reason. Koike later hinted that the much-publicized fight she had had with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa 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.

She has supported the United States and the War on Terror and opposes the Japanese government’s tradition of UN-centered foreign policy. However, she has sent mixed messages to the United States in terms of destabilizing the Middle East with democratization efforts. On the other hand, showing parts of the world how powerful the United States is as an ally is a priority. During the 2008 LDP leadership election, she pledged to make Russia return the four disputed islands to Japan if she was elected as prime minister. Overall, Koike is a diplomatic leader. Back in 2010, she helped strengthen ties between Libya’s Muammar Quaddafi and Japan. This led to the creation of the Japan- Libya Friendship Association.

Koike has a unique perspective on environmental issues, having learned it from the experience of living in wartime Egypt. Koike suggested that Japan introduce a carbon tax in 2005 to help achieve the Kyoto Protocol goals. She launched the “Mottainai furoshiki” campaign in 2005, encouraging shoppers to use furoshiki instead of plastic shopping bags. She opposes biofuels made of food crops.

Yuriko Koike Net Worth

Yuriko Koike is one of the richest Politician from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yuriko Koike 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Koike was born and raised in Ashiya Hyogo, a small wealthy city near Kobe. She attended Konan Girls Junior and Senior High School to complete her secondary education. Yujiro, her father, was an oil product trader. He also supported Shintaro Ishihara in the 1960s and the Tatenokai during the 1970s. He ran unsuccessfully for the 1969 national election. Yujiro stressed to Yuriko the importance of Japan strengthening relations with Arab countries in order to maintain a stable supply of petroleum to avoid Japan becoming embroiled in another oil war. She dropped out of Kwansei-Gakuin University’s School of Sociology, September 1971. She then went on to study Arabic at American University in Cairo. In October 1976, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Cairo University. She married a Japanese student when she was 21. They divorced shortly after. She started her career as an Arabic interpreter and then became a journalist. In 1978, she interviewed Yasser Arafat and Muammar Gaddafi. In 1979, she was a news anchor. In 1990, she was awarded the Female Broadcaster of Japan.

Koike, a member of Japan New Party, was elected to the House of Councillors as a 1992 candidate. In 1993, she was elected to the House of Representatives as the Hyogo 2nd District representative. She was re-elected to her seat in the House of Representatives in 1996. This time, she represented the Hyogo 6th District for the New Frontier Party. This seat was hers in 2000 as a New Conservative Party candidate. In 2002, she joined the Liberal Democratic Party. Since 2010, she has been a regular contributor of Project Syndicate.

She was a member of the Diet members’ group to promote Yasukuni Shrine visits, led by Yoshinobu Shimamura, and goes to pay her respects to the war dead at the shrine on War-End Day, 15 August, almost every year. Not being able to visit in 2007 due to an official trip to Okinawa, she sent her proxy.

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Koike was elected Governor of Tokyo on 31 July 2016, becoming the first woman in the post.

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Yuriko Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yuriko Koike celebrates birthday on July 15 of every year.

In 2017, Koike launched and led a new national political party. It was called Kibō no Tō, which means “Party of Hope”. Although still Governor of Tokyo, she was the primary leader of this party. It was assumed that this party could have been the main opposition to the LDP. On October 22, 2017, the Party of Hope did not perform as well at the polls as expected. Koike’s overarching policies were similar to those of current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The policy to set them apart was their differing opinions on nuclear energy. Koike was opposed to it as an advocate of the environment. Koike did not join any successor party to the Party of Hope at its April 2018 dissolution.

Who was the first female prime minister of Japan?

Yuriko Koike
Preceded by| Yōichi Masuzoe
Minister of Defense
In office 4 July 2007 – 27 August 2007
Prime Minister| Shinzō Abe

Does Tokyo have a mayor?

Yuriko Koike has been the Governor of Tokyo since July 2016.

Does Tokyo have a Governor?

Governor of Tokyo
Incumbent Yuriko Koike since 1 August 2016
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Style| Governor (informal) The Honourable (formal)

What does Koike mean in Japanese?

Japanese: meaning ‘ small lake ‘. Some families descend from the Taira clan, some from the northern Fujiwara, and others from the Seiwa-Genji. The surname is found chiefly in eastern Japan and also in the Ryukyu Islands.

Does Japan have royal family?

Japan’s royal family, believed to be the world’s oldest continuous hereditary monarchy , has seen its numbers dwindle. Currently, women can’t ascend to the throne, so royal women marry commoners due to a lack of viable imperial suitors. Children from those marriages are then excluded from the imperial family line.