1. Yukiko Kada is a Japanese politician and member of the National Diet of Japan, serving as member of the House of Councillors from Shiga Prefecture since 2019.
12 Facts About Yukiko Kada
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Yukiko Kada was the governor of Shiga for two terms from 2006 to 2014.
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Yukiko Kada went to Kyoto University and studied environmental sociology.
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Yukiko Kada graduated from the Graduate School of Agriculture of Kyoto University in 1981.
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Yukiko Kada studied in the United States at the University of Wisconsin as a graduate student in 1973.
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Yukiko Kada became a professor at Kyoto Seika University in 2000.
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Yukiko Kada was elected as governor of Shiga in 2006, defeating incumbent governor Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu.
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Yukiko Kada became the first female governor of Shiga and only the fifth female governor in Japanese history.
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Yukiko Kada then enjoyed a landslide re-election victory in 2010.
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Yukiko Kada captured 420,000 votes, which was the largest total of any in the history of Shiga Prefecture's gubernatorial elections.
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Yukiko Kada was supported by the Social Democratic Party and led the Tomorrow Party of Japan, which was founded shortly before the 2012 general election.
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In May 2014, Yukiko Kada published a release on her official website stating her intention not to contest the election scheduled for July of that year.