Claim: After working for 18 years in the private sector, Kuniko Koda joined the Democratic Party of Japan (a centrist political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016) in 2003 and was elected to the House of Councillors in 2007.
Evidence: Kouda worked for 18 years at private sector, including an advertising agency and liquor company. In 2003, she joined the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). The Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) was a centrist political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. She was elected to the House of Councillors from the Saitama Prefecture for the first time on 29 July 2007.