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Yōko Kamikawa

Politician

Yōko Kamikawa is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jóko Kamikawaová · KAMIKAWA Yoko · Kamikava Jóko · Yoko Kamikava · Yōko Kamikawa · 9 more...				[sources]
Other name	Jóko Kamikawaová · Kamikawa Yoko · Kamikawa Yōko · Yoko Kamikawa · Youko Kamikawa · 8 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1953-03-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Shizuoka · Shizuoka City, Shizuoka				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Yōko				[sources]
Last name	Kamikawa				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.kamikawayoko.net · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q276275				[sources]
Position	Minister for Foreign Affairs (2023-) · Minister of Justice (2014-2015) · Minister of Justice (2017-2018) · Minister of Justice (2020-2021) · Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan · John F. Kennedy School of Government · Master in Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA · University of Tokyo				[sources]
Source link	www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Shizuoka 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected eight times

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2025-10-13

Japanese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Shūgiin	2014-12-14	2017-09-28
member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Japanese House of Representatives Members465

Current members of the Japanese House of Representatives (Shūgiin), the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

Japan · Shūgiin

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories379,505

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: jp-shu-4b84fbf79594089d0f31905c0e767b81d733d3d0 · unprot-c34ee3cc1866ff4ac7b129097679f6b109a147a8 · evpo-fe34185d-44f2-4640-8120-a51df8741564

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