Ai Aoki (politician)
| Ai Aoki | |
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| 青木愛 | |
| Chairperson of the House of Representatives' Special Committee on Consumer Affairs | |
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In office 24 January 2012 – 10 July 2012 |
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| Member of the House of Councillors | |
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Assumed office July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ryoko Tani |
| Constituency | National Block |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office December 2012 – December 2014 |
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| Constituency | Tokyo proportional representation block |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office August 2009 – December 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Akihiro Ota |
| Succeeded by | Akihiro Ota |
| Constituency | Tokyo 12th district |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
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In office July 2007 – 18 August 2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Tadashi Hirono |
| Constituency | National Block |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office October 2003 – September 2005 |
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| Constituency | Southern Kanto proportional representation block |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 18, 1965 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | People's Life Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal (2001–2003) Democratic (2003–2012) People's Life First (2012) Tomorrow (2012) |
| Education | Master of Education |
| Alma mater | Chiba University |
| Website | www |
Ai Aoki (青木 愛 Aoki Ai, born August 18, 1965) is a Japanese politician and current member of the People's Life Party. She is a native of Tokyo and graduate of Chiba University. After a career in education, Aoki entered politics in 2003 and has served a total of four terms in the national Diet of Japan, having sat in the House of Representatives from 2003–2005 and 2009–2014, and a partial term in the House of Councillors from 2007–2009. Aoki was returned to the House of Councillors in the election held on 10 July 2016.
Aoki was born in Tokyo and was raised in the town of Chikura, Chiba Prefecture. She graduated from Awa High School in 1984 and gained a bachelor's degree in education from Chiba University in 1988. She later obtained a master's degree in education from the university in 1999.
After graduating university Aoki was active as a singer-songwriter, releasing a total of six singles between 1989 and 1998, and an album titled Doko-e Iku-no (何処へ行くの Where [will you] go?) in 1991. After completing her master's degree she gained employment at a kindergarten in Chikura.
Aoki's father is a former member of the Chikura town assembly. In 2001 Aoki sought entry into the Ozawa Ichiro Seiji Juku, a cram school for aspiring politicians operated by Ichiro Ozawa, but was unable to enroll due to being one year over the school's upper age limit of 35. Despite this, Aoki received Ozawa's recommendation and joined the Liberal Party, a party founded by Ozawa three years earlier. In September 2003 the Liberal Party merged into the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and Aoki contested the Chiba 12th district as a DPJ candidate at the October 2003 general election. Aoki received 40.8% of the vote but lost to the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party member Yasukazu Hamada, who received 53.9%. The DPJ received 40 per cent of the vote in the Southern Kanto proportional representation block, entitling them to nine of the 22 seats in the block. Aoki's comparatively low margin of defeat meant she gained the DPJ's final seat in block. In the 2005 general election Aoki again contested the Chiba 12th district against Hamada, this time losing by more than 50,000 votes and failing to retain her seat in the proportional representation block. During her two years in the House of Representatives Aoki served on the Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, Committee on Education, Culture and Science and the Research Commission on the Constitution.
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