Has japan had a female president? What was her name?

Question

I'm doing a country report on japan for school and wanted to know this...

Answer 1

♡Japan has 'Prime Ministers' and there have been no women in this position to date.
The current prime minister in Shinzo Abe.
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html
Previous prime ministers are ALL listed here since 1885 to present day:
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/archives_e.html
Hope this helps!♡

Answer 2

In the current system, Japan has had not had a female Prime Minister. But Japan has had two female emperors, Kogyoku and Koken.

Answer 3

There is no president in Japan.
The head of the Japanese government is the prime minister, and so far, there has never been a female prime minister in Japan.

Answer 4

The head of government of Japan is The Prime Minister. Japan has a the parliamentary cabinet system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_system. The Prime Ministers of Japan has been male since the Cabinet system commenced in 1885.


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At parliament, Ms. Chikage Ogi is the current president (chairman) of the Japanese Upper House of parliament . (2004 ‐. )http://www.japantimes.co.jp/weekly/news/nn2004/nn20040807a6.htm

Ms. Takako Doi was the president (chairman) of the Japanese Lower House of parliament (Aug.1993 - Sep.1996)
http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/doi_takako.shtml

Followings are some of the Japanese females which were at the helm of the governments in the history of Japan ...that comes to mind immediately...
Himiko (Yayoi era)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himiko
Masako Hojo (Kamakura era)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hojo_Masako
Tomiko Hino (Muromachi era)
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Hino_Tomiko
Yodo dono (Azuchi momoyama era)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodo-Dono

Answer 5

Although no Prime Minister has been a woman, the FIRST recorded ruler in Japanese history was a female! Her name is Empress Himiko (sometimes known as Pimiko).

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/rulers-more.html
http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9040496
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himiko

If you want to note Japanese female rulers, you should definitely mention her!

Answer 6

The form of government in Japan does not allow for a president, rather, the leader of Japan is the "Prime Minister". There have been no female prime ministers in Japan.
Here is an interesting link about women in politics in Japan:
http://www.glocom.org/special_topics/social_trends/20030404_trends_s31/

The highest office to which a female has risen is a cabinet member, or leader of her political party. The most notable leader of a Japanese political party is Makiko Tanaka. She was the leader of the Social Democratic party. Her father was a former prime minister. She was also Minister for Foreign Affairs in the early years of Koizumi's prime ministership. That is until she totally betrayed him and declared war on his policies. Here is an interesting article about that:
http://www.glocom.org/debates/200203_curtin_tanaka/index.html
Here is Ms. Tanaka's profile:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/hq/profile/tanaka.html

There are only two female members of the present prime ministers cabinet. They are:
Sanae Takaichi-Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Science and Technology Policy, Innovation, Gender Equality, Social Affairs and Food Safety
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/abedaijin/060926/15takaichi_e.html

Hiroko Ota-Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/abedaijin/060926/17ota_e.html

They are way down on the pecking order though.

In prime minister Koizumi's cabinet, there was one female in a very high position. She was Chieko Nohno. Minister of Justice / Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Measures for Declining Birthrate. She was third in line for the prime ministership.
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumidaijin/040927/03nohno_e.html

Other females in Koizumi's cabinet were Yuriko Koike, Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs.
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumidaijin/040927/11koike_e.html

Hope that helps.

Answer 7

No, Japan has a prime minister, and HIS name is Shinzo abe

Answer 8

u mean a qween... yes