嘉田 由紀子 House of Councillors

Japan Innovation Party

Career

Born on May 18, 1950 to a sericulture farmer in Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture. Graduated from Kumagaya Girls' High School and Kyoto University Faculty of Agriculture. Doctoral program at Kyoto University Graduate School, master's program at the University of Wisconsin. Doctor of Agriculture, Kyoto University. As a member of the Kyoto University Exploration Club, he experienced the value of water and the environment in Africa, and was fascinated by the nature and history of Shiga and began researching Lake Biwa. While balancing work and childcare, she was involved in the creation of the Lake Biwa Museum as a Shiga Prefectural employee. After serving as a professor at Kyoto Seika University, he was elected governor of Shiga Prefecture in 2006 under the slogan of ``mottainai,'' and was re-elected in 2010 with the highest number of votes ever. Promoting improved birth rates and flood control in basin areas that do not rely solely on dams. After retiring in 2014, he served as president of Biwako Seikei Sports University. His works include ``In Search of Politics that Connects Lives'' and ``Environmental Sociology,'' and his latest book ``Who Do Children Belong to?'' ``Joint custody after divorce will save Japan'' and many others. Former president of the Environmental Sociology Society. Proposes policies from a comparative sociological perspective based on fieldwork research in countries around the world. Shouji was elected in the Shiga district of the House of Councilors in 2019, and will be elected for a second term nationwide in 2025.