Akiko Dōmoto
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was the
governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...
of
Chiba Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama ...
in Japan from 2001 to 2009. A graduate of Tokyo Woman's Christian University an
Seisen Junior and Senior High School
she was the first female governor of Chiba and the third in Japanese history. She was first elected in 2001. In September 2001 she canceled a controversial plan to reclaim the Sanbanze wetlands as landfill. Historian Jeff Kingston called this act "a major victory for activists."


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* 1932 births Living people Japanese feminists Japanese women journalists Politicians from San Francisco Women governors of Japan Women members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Governors of Chiba Prefecture {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub