Koriki Jojima
{{Short description|Japanese politician (born 1947)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Koriki Jojima
| native_name = {{nobold|城島 光力}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Koriki Joujima.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2012
| office = Minister of Finance
| primeminister = Yoshihiko Noda
| term_start = 1 October 2012
| term_end = 26 December 2012
| predecessor = Jun Azumi
| successor = Tarō Asō
| office1 = Member of the House of Representatives
| term_start1 = 31 August 2009
| term_end1 = 16 November 2012
| predecessor1 = Kazunori Tanaka
| successor1 = Kazunori Tanaka
| constituency1 = Kanagawa 10th
| term_start2 = 21 October 1996
| term_end2 = 8 August 2005
| predecessor2 = Constituency established
| successor2 = Ichirō Kamoshita
| constituency2 = Tokyo PR (1996–2003)
Tokyo 13th (2003–2005)
| birth_name = Jōjima Masamitsu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic
| otherparty = New Frontier
New Fraternity
| alma_mater = University of Tokyo
| website = {{URL|www.jojima.net}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Koriki Jojima|城島光力|Jōjima Kōriki|1 January 1947}} is a Japanese politician who served four terms in the House of Representatives and was Minister of Finance from 1 October to 26 December 2012.
Early life and education
Jojima was born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, on 1 January 1947.{{cite web|title=Diet Members|url=http://www.dpj.or.jp/english/member/158|publisher=DPJ|accessdate=1 October 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120421094946/http://www.dpj.or.jp/english/member/158|archive-date=21 April 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Profile - Japanese Finance Minister Koriki Jojima|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/10/09/profilejapanese-finance-minister-koriki-jojima.html|access-date=24 January 2014|work=CNBC|date=9 October 2013}} He is a graduate of Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo. He received a bachelor's degree in agronomy in March 1970.{{cite web|title=The Cabinet|url=http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/noda/meibo/daijin/jojima_e.html|work=Kantei|accessdate=25 December 2012}}
Career
Jojima is the former head of Ajinomoto Workers' Union where he served for about 25 years{{cite news|title=Profiles of ten new ministers in Noda's Reshuffled Cabinet|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T121002004179.htm|accessdate=9 October 2012|newspaper=The Yomiuri Shimbun|date=3 October 2012}} and also, of Japan Food Industry Workers' Union Council. He then served as a council member of the Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development. He is a veteran lawmaker.{{cite news|author=Tetsushi Kajimoto|title=New Japanese finance minister seen sticking to policy line|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/10/1/worldupdates/2012-10-01T130828Z_1_BRE8900N7_RTROPTT_0_UK-JAPAN-CABINET-JOJIMA-FINMIN&sec=Worldupdates|accessdate=1 October 2012|work=The Star Online|date=1 October 2012|agency=Reuters|location=Tokyo}} He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1996 as the number one candidate for the New Frontier Party in the multi-member Tokyo proportional representation block.
Following the dissolution of the New Frontier Party in 1997, Jojima became one of the founding members of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in 1998. At the 2000 general election he unsuccessfully contested the Tokyo 13th district but retained his seat in the PR block as the DPJ's #2 candidate. In the next election in 2003, he won the Tokyo 13th district, defeating incumbent Ichirō Kamoshita by 2,023 votes. In the 2005 election, Kamoshita regained the seat, defeating Jojima by more than 49,000 votes. This heavy defeat also meant that Jojima was unable to retain a seat in the Diet via the proportional representation block. Jojima returned to the Diet in the 2009 general election, this time contesting the Kanagawa 10th district.
Whilst in the Diet, Jojima served as the parliament affairs chief of the DPJ.{{cite news|title=Japanese Cabinet Reshuffled; Koriki Jojima New Finance Minister|url=http://www.rttnews.com/1975001/japanese-cabinet-reshuffled-koriki-jojima-new-finance-minister.aspx?type=in|accessdate=1 October 2012|work=RTT News|date=1 October 2012}} He was also a member of committee on fundamental national policies. He was appointed finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle on 1 October 2012, replacing Jun Azumi in the post.{{cite news|title=Jojima Named Finance Chief as Noda Sets Pre-Election Cabinet|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-01/jojima-new-japan-finance-chief-as-noda-sets-pre-election-cabinet|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118164855/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-01/jojima-new-japan-finance-chief-as-noda-sets-pre-election-cabinet|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2013|accessdate=1 October 2012|work=Business Week|date=1 October 2012|author=Mayumi Otsuma|author2=Isabel Reynolds}}{{cite web|title=List of Ministers|url=http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/noda/meibo/daijin/index_e.html|work=Kantei|accessdate=4 October 2012}} It was his first cabinet post.{{cite news|title=Noda adds new faces to Cabinet|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T121001003649.htm|accessdate=9 October 2012|newspaper=The Yomiuri Shimbun|date=2 October 2012}} Jojima served in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda until 26 December 2012, and he was replaced by Tarō Asō as finance minister.{{cite news|title=Japan's Abe taps allies for cabinet, eyes deflation|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-politics-idUSBRE8BP00A20121226|accessdate=26 December 2012|work=Reuters|date=26 December 2012}}
At the December 2012 general election, Jojima suffered a defeat at the hands of Kazunori Tanaka, losing by more than 43,000 votes and failing to gain a seat via the Southern Kanto proportional representation block.[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121218a4.html Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild] Japan Times 18 December 2012{{cite news|author=Kana Inagaki|title=Japanese Election: The Biggest Losers|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2012/12/17/japanese-election-the-biggest-losers/|accessdate=1 January 2013|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=17 December 2012}}
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Jojima is known to be a supporter of strong middle class in a society, and he does not endorse excessive competition.{{cite news|title=Standouts of Japan's new cabinet lineup|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20121001-374840.html|accessdate=1 October 2012|work=Asia One News|date=1 October 2012|agency=AFP}}
Personal life
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Category:Democratic Party of Japan politicians
Category:Government ministers of Japan
Category:Ministers of finance of Japan
Category:New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians
Category:People from Yanagawa, Fukuoka
Category:Politicians from Fukuoka Prefecture
Category:Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology alumni
Category:University of Tokyo alumni
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2009–2012