page_title: Yoriko Kawaguchi
hierarchical_section_title: Yoriko Kawaguchi
caption_attribution_description: Yoriko Kawaguchi (川口順子), the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, listens during a meeting with the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (not shown), U.S. Secretary of Defense, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: Yoriko Kawaguchi is a Japanese politician. Born in Tokyo, she holds a BA in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and an M.Phil in economics from Yale University, where she became a Member of President’s Council on International Activities. Currently, she is a Professor at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs in Tokyo.
  Kawaguchi is a former Minister of the Environment of Japan from 2000 to 2002. Subsequently, she served Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2004 and continued as a Special Adviser to the Japanese Prime Minister for foreign affairs from 2004 to 2005. She was also a former Member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party from 2005 to 2013. In July 2008, she was appointed cochair of a new International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, with former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gareth Evans.
context_section_description: Yoriko Kawaguchi (川口 順子, Kawaguchi Yoriko, born January 14, 1941) is a Japanese politician. Born in Tokyo, she holds a BA in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and an M.Phil in economics from Yale University, where she became a Member of President’s Council on International Activities. Currently, she is a Professor at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs in Tokyo.
  Kawaguchi is a former Minister of the Environment of Japan from 2000 to 2002. Subsequently, she served Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2004 and continued as a Special Adviser to the Japanese Prime Minister for foreign affairs from 2004 to 2005. She was also a former Member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party from 2005 to 2013. In July 2008, she was appointed cochair of a new International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, with former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gareth Evans.
caption: Yoriko Kawaguchi in Washington in September 2002.
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