Yōko Kamikawa

**Yōko Kamikawa** (上川 陽子, Kamikawa Yōko; an haife ta 1 ga Maris, 1953) ‘yar siyasa ce daga ƙasar Japan kuma tsohuwar mai bincike a cibiyar nazari (think tank).
Ta rike mukamin Ministar Harkokin Waje daga Satumba 2023 zuwa Oktoba 2024. Haka kuma ta taba zama Ministar Shari’a daga Satumba 2020 zuwa Oktoba 2021, sannan ta yi aiki a matsayin Ministar Jiha mai kula da Daidaiton Jinsi da Harkokin Zamantakewa a gwamnatocin Shinzō Abe da Yasuo Fukuda.
Tun daga Disamba 2012, ta kasance mamba a Majalisar Wakilai (House of Representatives)

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife ta a birnin Shizuoka da ke gundumar Shizuoka a ranar 1 ga Maris, 1953. Ta halarci Jami'ar Tokyo, inda ta ƙware a fannin hulɗa da ƙasashen duniya a Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya .  A lokacin da take jami'a, ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar Aikido .  Ta kammala karatunta daga jami'ar a watan Maris na 1977 kuma ta fara aiki a matsayin mai bincike a Cibiyar Bincike ta Mitsubishi a watan Afrilu. A shekarar 1988 ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin manufofin jama'a daga Makarantar Gwamnati ta John F. Kennedy, Jami'ar Harvard . Bugu da ƙari, ta yi aiki a matsayin abokiyar aiki a ƙarƙashin Sanata Max Baucus na Amurka .  Tana da aure da Takunae Kamikawa, abokin karatunta daga Jami'ar Tokyo, kuma suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu. 

## Aikin siyasa

### Majalisar Wakilai
An zaɓe ta a Majalisar Wakilai a karon farko a watan Yunin 2000. An sake zaɓe ta a kowace zaɓe har zuwa 2009. An sake zaɓe ta a 2012. Ta wakilci gundumar Shizuoka ta 1 tsakanin 2000 da 2003, 2005 zuwa 2009 da kuma tun 2012. Ta kuma wakilci yankin wakilcin Tōkai tsakanin 2003 da 2005.

### Ministan Shari'a
A lokacin da take Ministar Shari'a, Kamikawa ta ba da umarnin a kashe mutane 16 inda 13 daga cikin waɗanda aka kashe tsoffin membobin ƙungiyar Aum Shinrikyo ta ranar lahira, waɗanda ayyukan ta'addancin cikin gida suka haɗa da harin sarin na jirgin ƙasa na Tokyo na 1995. 

### Ministan Harkokin Waje
Bayan sake fasalin majalisar ministoci a ranar 13 ga Satumba, 2023, an naɗa ta ministar harkokin waje. 

Ta yi wata ziyara ba zato ba tsammani zuwa Kyiv, Ukraine a watan Janairun 2024, inda ta bayyana goyon bayan Japan ga Ukraine da kuma yadda gwamnatin Japan ke son ƙarfafa taimako da kuma dangantakar da ke tsakaninta da kasar. Ta kuma nuna cewa gwamnatin Japan za ta kasance a shirye ta jagoranci yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya da Ukraine ta tsara kan kare lafiyar radiation da makaman nukiliya. 

Bugu da ƙari, Kamikawa ta yi wasu tafiye-tafiye na baya-bayan nan zuwa ƙasashen waje.  A farkon Fabrairu 2024, ta ziyarci Samoa da Fiji don halartar taron Ministoci na 5 na Taron Shugabannin Tsibiran Pacific (PALM).  A lokacin taron, mahalarta sun raba ra'ayoyi kan ci gaban manufofi da canje-canjen yanayi na duniya. A ƙarshen Fabrairu, Kamikawa ta halarci Taron Ministan Harkokin Waje na G20 a Brazil, don tattauna al'amuran duniya na yanzu.

A watan Maris na 2024, Kamikawa ta ziyarci birnin New York, inda ta jagoranci taron ministoci na Majalisar Tsaron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNSC) kan "Kwace Makamai Masu Guba da Hana Yaɗuwar Makamai Masu Guba."

Takeshi Iwaya ne ya gaje ta lokacin da Shigeru Ishiba ya kafa majalisar ministocinsa a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 2024. 

## Ra'ayin Siyasa

### Daidaiton jinsi

Kamikawa ta nuna muhimmancin ra'ayoyin mata wajen inganta al'umma.  A lokacin hirarta da manema labarai, ta bayyana ra'ayinta ta hanyar imaninta kan bambancin ra'ayi. Tana ganin cewa a cikin al'umma mai bambancin ra'ayi, al'umma tana iya yin la'akari da ra'ayoyi daban-daban da kuma sanin fannoni da wataƙila an yi watsi da su a baya. A kan wannan bayanin, ta ƙara da cewa yana da mahimmanci ga al'umma gaba ɗaya ta haɗa ra'ayoyin mata waɗanda wataƙila an yi watsi da su a baya kuma ta rungumi canji.A matsayina na jakadan WPL a Japan, na yi alƙawarin cewa zan ɗauki waɗannan jigogi a cikin tattaunawar siyasa kuma in yi iya ƙoƙarina don cimma sakamako mai kyau, ban da cimma burin lambobi. Wannan furuci da ke sama ya dogara ne akan taron shugabannin siyasa na mata (WPL) da aka gudanar a Tokyo a shekarar 2019. A wannan lokacin, ta nuna muhimmancin lafiya da aiki mai kyau, 'yantar da mata daga talauci da tashin hankali.

A watan Mayun 2024, an zargi Kamikawa da daidaita darajar mata da haihuwa bayan ta yi tambaya "ta yaya mata za su iya kiran kansu mata ba tare da haihuwar wannan mutumin ba" a lokacin wani gangamin yakin neman zaben gwamna na gundumar Shizuoka . Duk da haka, an yi muhawara game da ko za a fassara kalmar fi'ili 'umu (うむ)' a matsayin 'haihuwa (産む)' ko 'haihuwa (生む)', kuma an soki rahoton farko na Kyodo News saboda an cire shi daga mahallin.  Daga baya ta janye kalamanta, tana mai cewa tana nufin ta nemi mata masu jefa ƙuri'a su yi amfani da ikonsu don zaɓar 'yar takarar LDP kamar yadda aka "haife ta" a matsayin 'yar majalisar wakilai a zaɓen 2000.  

## Manazarta