Yukiko Miyake (; 5 March 1965 – 2 January 2020) was an American-born Japanese politician. She served one term in the Japanese House of Representatives.
Early life Miyake's father, Wasuke Miyake, was a diplomat to the United States, and she was thus born in Washington D.C. Her maternal grandfather is Hirohide Ishida. She held Japanese citizenship.群馬県ホームページ 平成21年8月30日執行衆議院小選挙区選出議員選挙開票結果 She attended Toho Joshi middle and high school, Tamagawa Gakuen Junior College for Women, and Kyoritsu Women's University.プロフィール
Fuji Television In 1988, Miyake began working for Fuji Television. She worked in sales, newsroom, and corporate social responsibility departments. When she worked in the newsroom, she reported on the economy, especially exchange rates and the stock exchange.
Political career On 27 July 2009, Ichiro Ozawa asked Miyake to run for office. She left her job at Fuji TV to do so. She ran for office during the 2009 Japanese general election against Yasuo Fukuda, the former Prime Minister of Japan, to represent Gunma's 4th district in the House of Representatives.民主、群馬4区にフジテレビ女性社員 福田前首相の地元 asahi.com 2009年7月27日 Her grandfather's secretary, Masaki Nakajima, was also a candidate, but Miyake became the Democratic Party's official candidate."小沢采配"功奏す 八ッ場ダム中止派が当選 週刊金曜日 2009年9月4日 During the previous election in 2005, the Democrat's candidate lost to Fukuda by about 62,000 votes.開票速報（比例代表） NNN総選挙特番 ZERO×選挙2009 2009年8月31日 Japanese media called Miyake and other women who Ozawa urged to run for office "Ozawa girls". Their goal was to replace established politicians with fresh blood in order to create a more inclusive political environment. While she lost the election for the district seat, she was elected to the proportional representation block.
On 22 January 2012, Miyake announced on Twitter that she would be the vice chair of a committee to reduce the cost of electricity.1月21日 Keitai Webから
In the same year, Miyake opposed a bill to raise the consumption tax, and resigned from her position as the Democratic Party's vice chair of public relations on 23 April. On 26 June, she voted against the consumption tax, contrary to her party's strategy. On 2 July, Miyake tendered her resignation from the party alongside Kenji Yamaoka and other party members. However, the Democratic Party's Board of Governors didn't accept the resignation letters during their meeting on 3 July, but officially accepted them during their meeting on 9 July.
After resigning from the Democratic party, Miyake joined People's Life First, a new political party, on 11 July.新党の参加議員 - 時事ドットコム 2012年7月11日 She then lost the 2012 Japanese general election.
In July 2013, Miyake was the Liberal Party's candidate in the 23rd Japanese House of Councillors election, but was not elected.
After some trouble with other members of her party, Miyake left the Liberal Party in April 2015.このたび「生活の党と山本太郎となかまたち」を離れることになりました。 三宅雪子twitter 、2015年04月08日
Death On 2 January 2020, Tokyo Wangan Police Station found Miyake's body near Tokyo Bay; the cause of death was presumed to be suicide.
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External links Official website 公式Official blog