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CURRICULUM VITAEMs. Mizuho FUKUSHIMAMember, House of Councillorselected 1998,2004 and 2010,by proportional representation systemBorn:Miyazaki, December 24, 1955,Party Affiliation:Social Democratic PartyEducation:Tokyo University, Faculty of LawCareer:1987registered as lawyerCases dealt with: couple's different family names,discrimination against out of wedlock children,sexual harassmentMember, Committee on Gender Equality, Japan Federation of Bar AssociationsChairperson, Council on Promotion of the Equality of Both Sexes, Kawasaki CityMember, Committee of AIDS Experts, Tokyo Metropolitan GovernmentVisiting Professor, Gakushuin Women's UniversityLawyer cooperating with “Women’s Home HELP,” refugefor women workers from Asian countries

(Cabinet)Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food SafetyMinister of State for Measures for Declining BirthrateMinister of State for Gender Equality(House of Councillors)Director, Committee on Judicial AffairsDirector, Research Committee on Society of Cooperative way of LifeCurrent Responsibilities(House of Councillors)Member, Committee on Health, Welfare and LabourMember, Committee on BudgetMember, Commission on the Constitution