is a Japanese politician and a member of the

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or ...

in the

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(national legislature).

Early life and education

Koda was born in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture, on 8 September 1965. She graduated from

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's social sciences division in 1989.

Career

Kouda worked for 18 years at private sector, including an advertising agency and liquor company. In 2003, she joined the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic ...

(DPJ). She was elected to the House of Councillors from the Saitama Prefecture for the first time on 29 July 2007. She and other three lawmakers from the DPJ resigned from the party in protest of the then prime minister Yoshihiko Noda's decision to restart the nuclear plant in Oi,

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in July 2012.

References

1965 births Living people Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Female members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Politicians from Saitama Prefecture Democratic Party of Japan politicians International Christian University alumni {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub