Yoriko Kawaguchi

Yoriko Kawaguchi
川口 順子
Kawaguchi in 2002
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 1 February 2002 – 27 September 2004
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Makiko Tanaka Junichiro Koizumi (acting)
Succeeded by	Nobutaka Machimura
Minister of the Environment
In office 6 January 2001 – 8 February 2002
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Ohki
Director-General of the Environmental Agency
In office 4 July 2000 – 5 January 2001
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Kayoko Shimizu
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1941-01-14) January 14, 1941 (age 83) Tokyo, Japan
Children	2
Residence(s)	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	University of Tokyo Yale University
Website	http://yoriko-kawaguchi.jp

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 MPhil 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]