, née , was a Japanese social worker and politician who was 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 ...
.
Biography
Miyagi Tamayo was born on 1 February 1892''日本女性人名辞典〔普及版〕'', pp. 1017-1018 in Yamaguchi town in
Yoshiki District, Yamaguchi was a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
As of 2003, the district had a total estimated population of 39,900 and the total area was 82.98 km2.
Before its dissolution, it included three towns:
* Aio
* Ajisu
* Ogōri
On October 1, 2 ...
, the second daughter of .''山口県百科事典'', p. 746 She graduated from the Nara Girl's Higher Normal School Natural History Department in March 1914,''現代日本朝日人物事典'', p. 1568''近現代日本女性人名事典'', p. 335 and she later became an assistant teacher at her alma mater.
From 1920 until 1923 she studied child protection issues at the Ohara Institute for Social Research. In 1922, the same year the '' shōnenhō'' was enacted, she traveled to the United States on behalf of the
Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture The was a former Japanese government ministry. Its headquarters were in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
The Ministry of Education was created in 1871. It merged with the into the new Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (M ...
and the
Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry.
Lists of current ministries of justice
Named "Ministry"
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* Ministry of Just ...
to study child protection projects. After returning to Japan, he became Japan's first female
probation officer
A probation and parole officer is an official appointed or sworn to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation or those released from incarceration to community supervision such as parole. Most probati ...
at the Tokyo juvenile court. She was married to , a prosecutor in the
Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan
The was the highest judicial body in the Empire of Japan. It existed from 1875 to 1947.
Organized by the Ministry of Justice in 1875, the Japanese Supreme Court of Judicature was modeled after Court of Cassation in France. The court was composed ...
1953 Japanese House of Councillors election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 24 April 1953,Prostitution Prevention Law
The (Law no. 118, May 24, 1956) is a law in Japan that aims to prevent prostitution, punish third parties involved in the trade and to protect and rehabilitate women involved in prostitution. It is also known as the 'Anti-Prostitution Law'. The l ...
. She was a member of the committees for Central Youth Affairs, Prostitution Countermeasures, and Rehabilitation and Protection, and she was also the Chairman of the House of Councillors Library. She was the director of the Judicial Protection Association and of the Japan Women's Social Education Association. She was a member of the
Kyoritsu Women's University
is a private women's college in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1949.
History
The vocational predecessor of the school was founded in 1886. The name "Kyoritsu", meaning "standing together" in Japanese, came from the fact that 34 people ...
board of trustees.
In 1957, she heard
Westminster Quarters
The Westminster Quarters, from its use at the Palace of Westminster, is a melody used by a set of four quarter bells to mark each quarter-hour. It is also known as the Westminster Chimes, Cambridge Quarters or Cambridge Chimes from its place of ...
while in England, and she came up with the idea of giving "mother bells" as presents; by 1959, she had installed them in sixty-four locations across Japan, including juvenile institutions and women's guidance homes.
Miyagi Tamayo died on 19 November 1960.