Kyoko Nakayama
Kyoko Nakayama | |
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中山 恭子 | |
Official portrait, 2008 | |
| Leader of the Party for Japanese Kokoro | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 22 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Shintarō Ishihara |
| Succeeded by | Masashi Nakano |
| Minister for the Abduction Issue | |
| In office 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
| Succeeded by | Takeo Kawamura |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 29 July 2007 – 28 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | National PR |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1940 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Kibō no Tō (2017–2021) |
| Other political affiliations | LDP (2007–2010) Sunrise (2010–2012) JRP (2012–2014) PJK (2014–2017) |
| Spouse | Nariaki Nakayama |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
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Kyoko Nakayama (中山 恭子, Nakayama Kyōko; born 26 January 1940) is a Japanese politician and a former leader of the Party for Japanese Kokoro. In the past she has been a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Sunrise Party of Japan and Japan Restoration Party and is serving her second term as a member of the House of Councillors (Upper House) in the Diet (national legislature). She was Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (naikaku sōri-daijin hosakan) for the North Korean abduction issue under Junichiro Koizumi, beginning in 2002. She left the post in 2004 but was reappointed by Shinzō Abe in 2006. She was appointed by Yasuo Fukuda as State Minister in charge of the Population and Gender Equality Issues on August 1, 2008.