| Yoshiko Ishiba | |
| Term Label: | Assumed role |
| Office: | Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan |
| Term Start: | 1 October 2024 |
| Primeminister: | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Predecessor: | Yuko Kishida |
| Birth Name: | Yoshiko Nakamura (中村佳子) |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Keio University |
| Children: | 2 (two daughters) |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
Yoshiko Ishiba (Ishiba Yoshiko; Nakamura; born 26 August 1956) is the spouse of the current prime minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba.[1] She previously worked for Marubeni.[2]
Ishiba was born in Tokyo, as the second daughter of, an employee at Showa Denko.
She attended, an integrated private junior and senior high school. After graduating from high school, she attended Keio University to study jurisprudence. After graduation, she began working at Marubeni. She married Shigeru Ishiba in 1983 and has two daughters with him.
On 1 October 2024, she became the first lady of Japan because her husband became the 102nd Prime Minister of Japan after winning the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election.[1]