House of CouncillorsIn officeConstitutional Democratic Party of JapanNational · Proportional RepresentationMember of the House of Councillors
吉川沙織
Yoshikawa Saori
Profile
Saori Yoshikawa is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Councillors, currently in her fourth term. A former employee of NTT, she is affiliated with the Information and Telecommunications Workers' Union (Information Labor Union). Throughout her career, she has held significant roles within the Constitutional Democratic Party, including serving as an executive officer and head of the organization committee. In 2025, she earned a Ph.D. in Law from Kyoto University. Politically, she advocates for gender equality and the introduction of selective separate surnames for married couples, while opposing constitutional amendments to Article 9 and the expansion of collective self-defense.
Details
- Born
- 1976-10-09 · 49 years old
- Birth place
- Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
- Education
- Kitajima Elementary School, Kitajima Junior High School, Tokushima Prefectural Jonouchi High School, Doshisha University (B.A. in Education), Doshisha University Graduate School (M.A. in Policy and Management), Kyoto University Graduate School of Law (Ph.D. in Law)
- Career
- Employee at NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) and NTT West
