Kiyoko Fukuda
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
; she is the wife of Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda
was the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving for three and a half years under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi....
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Fukuda's cousin Seiichi Ōta
Seiichi Ota
is a Japanese politician. As of 2008 he is a member of the House of Representatives currently serving in his eighth term representing Fukuoka's Third District. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Koga faction. Kiyoko Fukuda, who married Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda, is...
was Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in her husband's cabinet.