29 Facts About Seiko Noda

Seiko Noda is a Japanese politician who served as Minister-in-charge of Measures against Declining Birthrate from October 2021 to August 2022.

Seiko Noda is a self-described conservative and was a candidate in the 2021 Liberal Democratic Party Leadership Election, however she was eliminated in a run-off, placing fourth in the first round.

Seiko Noda's grandfather, Uichi Noda was a Ministry of Finance Vice Minister, and later became an elected member of the lower house serving as Economic Planning Agency Chief Secretary and Minister of Construction.

Seiko Noda was born Seiko Shima, but before entering politics she was officially adopted and took her grandfather's name.

Seiko Noda moved to the United States and attended Jonesville High School in Jonesville, Michigan, for one year and graduated.

Seiko Noda was impressed by the sudden popularity of the women's voice of the Socialist Party's Takako Doi, and gained a sense of urgency and self-awareness as a politician, thus deciding to take aim at national issues.

Seiko Noda was re-elected for the fifth time in the September 2005 snap election.

Seiko Noda gained the attention of LDP Secretaries General Hiromu Nonaka and Makoto Koga.

Seiko Noda is a proponent of the right of women to keep their family name after marriage.

Seiko Noda's interests include reading and watching movies, karaoke, and using the computer.

Seiko Noda was appointed as State Minister in charge of Consumer Affairs by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on August 1,2008.

On 5 September 2021, Seiko Noda announced her intentions to run for the Liberal Democratic leadership in the 2021 election.

Seiko Noda was given the portfolios of Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens, Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization, Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate, Minister of State for Regional Revitalization, Minister of Loneliness, Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment and Minister of State for Gender Equality.

On 10 August 2022, Seiko Noda was dismissed from her ministerial position because of ties to the Unification Church.

Seiko Noda's dismissal was part of a wider purge by the Kishida administration following the assassination of Shinzo Abe and increasing media scrutiny of LDP officials' close ties with the church.

Seiko Noda herself acknowledges that she is a mainstream conservative, in the sense that she believes in upholding the spirit of the constitution, and the core principles of the LDP.

Seiko Noda says that the fortunes of the nation depend on the valuing its people, and that developing and nurturing this talent is essential.

Seiko Noda maintains that the bill would be a "direct hit on the people's way of life", pointing out that the United States, the model of deregulation, still keeps it under government control.

Seiko Noda further criticizes the bill as a "mere wedge of confrontation".

Seiko Noda has consistently opposed and criticized the bill from the time of introduction.

Seiko Noda took part in the Diet protest against privatization held on June 14,2005, by the Nationwide Special Post Office Postmaster Women's Association, reaffirming her position on the issue.

Seiko Noda was criticized by the Postmaster's Association and others for her opposition, labeled a classic postal politician.

Seiko Noda sent Yukari Sato as an "assassin" candidate against Noda.

Seiko Noda disputed comments within the party like "women don't have babies because they have chosen careers instead" with data on high birthrates in places where women often work, such as western nations.

In 2010 Seiko Noda was able to conceive a child through vitro fertilization at the age of 50 using an egg donor from the United States.

Seiko Noda had tried adopting but hit a wall after being told that being 50, she had to consider the future of the child.

Seiko Noda has said that an egg donor was the last resort for her.

In 2011 Seiko Noda married Kimura Fuminobu after the two met at a Korean restaurant in Kyoto.

In September 2017 Shukan Bunshun and Shukan Shincho alleged that Seiko Noda's husband was a former Yakuza member with the Aizukotetsu-kai, citing Metropolitan police records.