Yoriko Kawaguchi
| Yoriko Kawaguchi | |
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| 川口 順子 | |
Yoriko Kawaguchi in Washington in September 2002.
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| 3rd Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan) | |
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In office 2002–2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Succeeded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
| 1st Ministry of the Environment (Japan) | |
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In office January 6, 2001 – February 8, 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | New post |
| Succeeded by | Hiroshi Oki |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 14, 1941 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Children | Two |
| Residence | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo Yale University |
| Website | http://yoriko-kawaguchi.jp |
Yoriko Kawaguchi (川口 順子 Kawaguchi Yoriko?, born January 14, 1941) is a Japanese politician. Born in Tokyo, she holds a BA in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and an M.Phil in economics from Yale University, where she became a Member of President’s Council on International Activities. Currently, she is a Professor at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs in Tokyo.
Kawaguchi is a former Minister of the Environment of Japan from 2000 to 2002. Subsequently, she served Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2004 and continued as a Special Adviser to the Japanese Prime Minister for foreign affairs from 2004 to 2005. She was also a former Member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party from 2005 to 2013. On July 2008, She was appointed cochair of a new International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, with former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gareth Evans.
A former economist at the World Bank, Kawaguchi served as Minister at the Embassy of Japan to the United States in 1990. She worked as a Director General of Global Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) between 1992 and 1993 before becoming a Managing Director of Suntory Holdings Ltd. in September 1993. In 2000, Kawaguchi was the director-general of the Environment Agency.
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