21 Facts About Chikage Oogi

Chikage Oogi wrote later that her experience of the air raid had convinced her to make efforts to attain peace and national defense.

Chikage Oogi had been a full-time homemaker for a year until she returned to work in a television drama on 29 October 1959, and later appeared on many television dramas and variety shows.

Chikage Oogi hosted a popular tabloid show Sanji no Anata from 1971 to 1977.

Strenuously lobbied to run by Takeo Fukuda, Chikage Oogi first elected to the House of Councillors as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1977.

Chikage Oogi was voted out in 1989, but elected again in 1993.

The NFP torn up on 31 December 1997, Chikage Oogi became a member of the Liberal Party, stringing along with Ichiro Ozawa.

Chikage Oogi drew the nameboard displayed at the entrance of the building of the ministry with black ink and a brush.

Chikage Oogi resigned as party leader and was succeeded by Takeshi Noda on 17 September 2001.

Chikage Oogi joined the Liberal Democratic Party in 2003 again for the first time since 1977.

Chikage Oogi was installed as the 26th President of the House of Councillors on 30 July 2004.

Chikage Oogi attended at the World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments held by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in September 2005.

In May 2007, Chikage Oogi announced her retirement from politics in July so that she could lead an ordinary life with her family.

Chikage Oogi has critical views against the Constitution of Japan of 1947.

Chikage Oogi has said that the constitution has many problems such as ignoring environmental rights, obfuscating the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and its international contribution to keep peace, and excessively protecting criminals while making light of crime victims' human rights.

Chikage Oogi, who was the Minister of Construction in charge of this issue, expressed opposition to the transfer in September 2000.

In 2000, Chikage Oogi proposed that Tokyo International Airport expand the international air service.

In October 1958, Chikage Oogi married to Sakata Tojuro IV, a kabuki actor.

Chikage Oogi had long hoped to have daughters or granddaughters possibly to be a Takarazuka actress.

Chikage Oogi's husband was notorious as a womanizer, as he admitted.

Chikage Oogi is intelligent and I favor her too," adding "A husband not attractive to women would be boring.

About three years later, Chikage Oogi died of esophageal cancer at the hospital in Tokyo on 9 March 2023, at the age of 89.