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Wakako Hironaka is a Member of the House of Councillors (Upper House of the Japanese Diet) and Standing Officer of the Democratic Party of Japan. Ms. Hironaka was first elected to the House of Councillors in 1986, by proportional representation.In July 1998, she was elected from Chiba Prefecture by prefectural constituencies and was reelected in 2004.She is now serving her fourth term. Ms. Hironaka is currently Chair of the Research Committee on Economy, Industry and Employment and a Member of the Committee on Education, Culture, and Science. In 2005-06 she served as the Vice President of the Democratic Party of Japan.In 1993-94, she was State Minister, Director-General of the Environment Agency in the Hosokawa Cabinet. Ms. Hironaka is also active internationally, as Vice Chair of Global Environmental Action (GEA), Co-Chair of Micro Credit Summit Council of Parliamentarians, and member of World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development, Earth Charter Commission, International Senior Advisory Board of UNESCO, and others. Ms. Hironaka received a B.A. in English from Ochanomizu Women's University and an M.A. in Anthropology from BrandeisUniversity.She has written several books, essays, translations, and critiques on education, culture, society, and women's issues, including 乬Between Two Cultures: Woman-Her Work and Family乭 (1979), 乬Politics is Unexpectedly Interesting乭 (1989), and translations of Ezra Vogel's 乬Japan as Number One乭 and Haru Reischauer's 乬Samurai & Silk (Kinu to Bushi).乭 |
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Affiliation and Position
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| 丂 | The Democratic Party of Japan, Standing Officer |
| Membership, House Committees | |
| 丂 | Chair, Research Committee on Economy, Industry and Employment |
| Membership, International Organizations | |
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Vice-Chair, Global Environmental Action (GEA) |
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Member, International
Council, Earth Day 2000 |
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Sept. 2005 ? Sept. 2006 |
Vice President, The Democratic Party of Japan |
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Sept.
2001 - Oct. 2002
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Chair, Committee on Fundamental National Policies |
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June
1996 - Jan.1997
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Chairperson, House Special Committee on Science and Technology |
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Aug.1995
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Shadow Cabinet Minister of Environment Policy, New Frontier Party |
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Aug.1993
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State Minister, Director General of the Environment Agency |
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April1993
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President,
GLOBE Japan (Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment) |
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The Hosokawa Cabinet at the Prime Minister's Residence.
(Wakako Hironaka-far left, front row) |
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Honorary
Doctorate, Brandeis University, October 1987 M.A. in Anthropology, Brandeis University Graduate School, 1964 Wien International Scholar, Brandeis University, 1958-60 B.A. in English, Ochanomizu Women's University, 1957 |
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Studying in the U.S.
On the left is J.F.Kennedy, who later became President. |
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| 丂 | "Politics
is Unexpectedly Interesting", Tokyu Agency, 1989 "What America Wants from Japan, Voices from the American Congress", PHP Institute, 1987 "What Values Should We Leave for the Future Generations?" (a two-volumed series, featuring interviews with distinguished world leaders), Sochisha, 1982 "Woman-Her Work and Family", Kodansha, 1981 "Between Two Cultures", Bunka Shuppan, 1979 |
| Translations into Japanese | |
| 丂 | "Samurai
& Silk", Haru M. Reischauer, Bungei Shunju, 1987 "Japan as Number One", Ezra Vogel, with A. Kimoto, 1979 "Shifting Gears", George & Nina O'Neill, Kawade Shobo-shinsha, 1975 |
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"Ameyuki-san",
Tomoko Yamazaki, Kodansha International, 1986 |
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