Mizuho Fukushima

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mizuho Fukushima (born 24 December 1955 in Miyazaki Prefecture) is a Japanese politician. She has been a member of the House of Councillors since 1998, was re-elected in 2004 and 2010, and is the current chair of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, a position she has held since 2003Fukushima was also Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Social Affairs, and Gender Equality in Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's cabinet (16 September 2009- 28 May 2010); the SDP was the junior partner in the DPJ-led government coalition. However, in May 2010 disagreements over the issue of the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma led to the sacking of Fukushima from the cabinet on Friday May 28th, and the SDP subsequently voted to leave the ruling coalition.