Mari Kushibuchi

Mari Kushibuchi
櫛渕 万里
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 28, 2022
Preceded byTaro Yamamoto
ConstituencyTokyo PR Block
In office
August 30, 2009 – November 16, 2012
Preceded byKosuke Ito
Succeeded byMasanobu Ogura
ConstituencyTokyo's 23rd district
Personal details
Born (1967-10-15) October 15, 1967 (age 57)
Political partyReiwa Shinsengumi
Other political
affiliations		DPJ (formerly)
Kibō (formerly)
Independent politician / none (formerly)

Mari Kushibuchi (櫛渕 万里, Kushibuchi Mari, born 15 October 1967) is a Japanese politician.

Kushibuchi sailed on the Peace Boat for the first time in 1990,[1] and later joined the associated nongovernmental organization as an executive.[2] In 2009, she contested her first House of Representatives election and won Tokyo's 23rd district for the Democratic Party of Japan. She succeeded incumbent Kōsuke Itō.[3] Kushibuchi lost her 2012 reelection bid to Masanobu Ogura.[4] Following the 2022 resignation of Tarō Yamamoto, Kushibuchi returned to the House of Representatives via proportional representation, this time as a member of Reiwa Shinsengumi.[5][6]

On 1 June 2023, she was suspended from participating in the Diet for 10 days for "irregular behavior" in the lower chamber, which involved holding up a sheet of paper calling the no-confidence motion against Finance Minister Shun'ichi Suzuki a farce, while standing on the rostrum.[7]

  1. ^ Greimel, Hans (10 February 2002). "'Peace Boat' Blends Politics and Pleasure". Washington Post. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. ^ Hong, Carolina (16 July 2004). "A Japanese NGO sails the seas to publicize peace". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ^ Ford, Peter (28 August 2009). "Japan's opposition touts fresh faces in bid for election victory". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. ^ Japan Decides 2012: The Japanese General Election. Springer. 2013. p. 119. ISBN 9781137346124.
  5. ^ "Reiwa Shinsengumi leader quits Lower House to run for Upper House seat". The AU Times. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Leader of Reiwa Shinsengumi quits Lower House to run for Upper House seat". Japan Times. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Lower House Takes 1st Disciplinary Action in 16 Years". Nippon Communications Foundation. Jiji Press. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.