Womenomics in Japan

Tuesday, May 3, 2016
12:30-1:50 pm, Vanderbilt Hall, Room 208
R.S.V.P. is required. Please R.S.V.P. here.

Minister Masako Mori
Member of the House of Councillors, Japan
 
Masako Mori is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a member of the House of Councillors in the Japanese Diet.  She currently serves as the Chairperson of Environment Division of the Policy Research Board of the LDP.  In 2012, Ms. Mori was named to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's second Cabinet where she served as Minister for the Support for Women's Empowerment and Child-Rearing, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Minister of State for the Declining Birthrate, and Minister of State for Gender Equality. In 2007, she entered the Upper House and was the Vice Chairwoman of the LDP's judicial committee and the chairwoman of the Upper House Committee on Oversight of Administration.  She passed the bar examination in 1992 and registered as a lawyer in 1995 after the completion of her training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of Japan.

Please R.S.V.P. here no later than 5pm, Friday, April 29.

Masako Mori is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a member of the House of Councillors in the Japanese Diet.  She currently serves as the Chairperson of Environment Division of the Policy Research Board of the LDP.  In 2012, Ms. Mori was named to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's second Cabinet where she served as Minister for the Support for Women's Empowerment and Child-Rearing, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Minister of State for the Declining Birthrate, and Minister of State for Gender Equality. In 2007, she entered the Upper House and was Vice Chairwoman of the LDP's judicial committee and chairwoman of the Upper House Committee on Oversight of Administration.  She passed the bar examination in 1992 and registered as a lawyer in 1995 after the completion of her training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of Japan.