Aiko Shimajiri Explained

Aiko Shimajiri
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs
Minister of state for science and technology policy
Minister of state for space policy
Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues
Minister in charge of information technology policy
Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" strategy
Term Start:7 October 2015
Term End:3 August 2016
Predecessor:Shunichi Yamaguchi
Successor:Yōsuke Tsuruho
Primeminister:Shinzo Abe
Office1:Member of the House of Representatives
Term Start1:3 November 2021
Constituency1:Okinawa 3rd
Office2:Member of the House of Councillors
Term Start2:27 April 2007
Term End2:25 July 2016
Constituency2:Okinawa at-large
Office3:Member of the Naha City Council
Term Start3:2004
Term End3:2007
Birth Date:4 March 1965
Birth Place:Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Party:Liberal Democratic
Otherparty:Democratic
Alma Mater:Sophia University

is a Japanese politician, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature)[1] who was elected for the first time in 2007 and re-elected in 2010 in Okinawa Prefecture constituency.[2] Shimajiri was appointed the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs in the cabinet reshuffle on October 7, 2015, and is one of 3 women serving in Shinzo Abe's cabinet.[3]

In an interview following her appointment as the minister of state, Shimajiri stated that she will not deal with issues regarding the construction of new U.S. military facilities in Okinawa.[4]

Shimajiri lost her Diet seat to former Ginowan, Okinawa mayor Yoichi Iha, a critic of the US military presence in Okinawa supported by a coalition of opposition parties, in the 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election. This was viewed by some analysts as a setback for the proposed relocation of Futenma.[5]

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  1. Web site: Shimajiri Aiko | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan . 2015-10-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151109174521/https://www.jimin.jp/english/profile/members/121070.html . 2015-11-09 .
  2. Web site: Ms.SHIMAJIRI Aiko:House of Councillors . 2015-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160111164741/http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7007002.htm . 2016-01-11 . dead .
  3. Web site: List of Ministers (The Cabinet) | Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet.
  4. Web site: Okinawa affairs minister says Futenma, U.S. military issues outside her mandate. Yoshida. Reiji. October 28, 2015. Japan Times.
  5. News: Johnston. Eric. Okinawan minister Shimajiri ousted from Upper House by former Ginowan mayor. 12 July 2016. The Japan Times. 10 July 2016.