Satsuki Katayama
{{Short description|Japanese politician (born 1959)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Satsuki Katayama
| native_name = {{nobold|片山 さつき}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Official portrait of Satsuki Katayama (cropped).jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2018
| office = Member of the House of Councillors
| constituency = National PR
| term_start = 26 July 2010
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the House of Representatives
| constituency1 = Shizuoka 7th
| term_start1 = 13 September 2005
| term_end1 = 21 July 2009
| predecessor1 = Minoru Kiuchi
| successor1 = Minoru Kiuchi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|5|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Urawa, Saitama, Japan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Liberal Democratic
| alma_mater = University of Tokyo (LLB)
École nationale d'administration
| spouse = {{marriage|Yōichi Masuzoe|1986|1989|reason=divorce}}
{{marriage|Ryutaro Katayama|1990}}
| children =
}}
{{nihongo|Satsuki Katayama|née: 朝長 (Tomonaga); 片山 さつき|Katayama Satsuki|born May 9, 1959|}} is a Japanese politician serving in Japan's House of Councillors, having been elected in July 2010 as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). She previously represented the Shizuoka 7th district in the House of Representatives for one term from 2005 until 2009.{{cite web |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4680616/LEAD-Ex-bureaucrat-Katayama-wins.html |title=Goliath |date=September 12, 2005 |access-date=May 27, 2011}}
Early life and career
Katayama was born in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture (later Urawa-ku, Saitama). After graduation with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Tokyo, where she was chosen Miss Tokyo University (Miss Tōdai),{{cite news |title=Madonnas of reform |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/24/japan.worlddispatch |newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 24, 2005 |access-date=May 27, 2011}} Katayama found employment in the Ministry of Finance (MoF) as a secretary for Finance Minister Michio Watanabe. During her time at the MoF, Satsuki Katayama graduated from ENA in France.
Political career
File:Katayama Suga Yamamoto etc in Shibuya DSCN2571 20060919.JPG and Yoshihide Suga in Shibuya, Tokyo (September 19, 2006)]]
She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2005 general election and served as Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.{{cite news |title=Japan willing to help Vietnam train nuclear power personnel |url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2006/05/572066/ |newspaper=Vietnamnet |date=May 18, 2006 |access-date=May 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207111935/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2006/05/572066/ |archive-date=February 7, 2009 }} She was one of 83 so-called "Koizumi Children," LDP candidates elected for the first time amid the widespread popularity of reformist prime minister Junichiro Koizumi; Koizumi touted Katayama as a "madonna of reform."{{cite news|title='Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/3RD+LD%3A+'Koizumi's+Children'+blown+away+by+winds+of+change.-a0207538168|access-date=25 December 2013|newspaper=Kyodo News|date=31 August 2009}}
Katayama and 72 other "Koizumi Children" were defeated in the 2009 general election, in which the Democratic Party of Japan routed the LDP. Following the 2009 election, Katayama commented that "the past four years have been a fight against the symbols of Koizumi's reforms, and we have proved they were wrong." She later characterized herself as a "war-displaced orphan" in 2011.{{cite news|title=Osaka's Hashimoto mimics style of Koizumi, Ozawa|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ2011110416556?page=2|access-date=25 December 2013|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|date=4 November 2011}}
On 1 May 2019, she attended the presentation of the Three Sacred Treasures to Emperor Naruhito. In the last such ceremony in 1989, only males were allowed to be in attendance; however in 2019 all cabinet members were allowed to attend regardless of sex, although only male adults from the imperial family could attend.{{cite news|title=Japan's new emperor ascends throne vowing to emulate his father and fulfill duties as 'symbol of the state'|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/01/national/japans-new-emperor-ascends-throne-vowing-emulate-father-fulfill-duties-symbol-state|access-date=1 May 2019|newspaper=Japan Times|date=1 May 2019 }}
Katayama, like many of her LDP colleagues, is affiliated with the ultra-conservative Nippon Kaigi. She also has strong anti-Korean sentiment and has attended meetings of the far-right, xenophobic Zaitokukai, an extremist organization that seeks to eliminate supposed privileges to Zanichi Koreans.{{cite news|title=片山さつきが在特会に近づいた経緯を元夫・舛添要一が語る|url=https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20180113_640280.html?DETAIL|access-date=18 January 2021|newspaper=SAPIO|date=13 January 2018}}{{Cite web|date=2014-12-04|title=Police in Japan place anti-Korean extremist group Zaitokukai on watchlist|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/04/police-japan-rightwing-anti-korean-extremist-group-zaitokukai-watchlist|access-date=2021-11-07|website=the Guardian|language=en}}
Katayama opposes LGBT rights in Japan, especially transgender rights.{{cite web |title=katayama_s/status/1652972581400748033|url=https://twitter.com/katayama_s/status/1652972581400748033?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet |website=Twitter |language=en}}
Personal life
She married international politics professor Yōichi Masuzoe in 1986 while working at the MoF. They separated after several months, divorced in 1989 and are both remarried.{{cite news|date=8 September 2007|title=舛添厚労相 ～実は４度の結婚、２人の愛人、５人の子供～|newspaper=日刊ゲンダイ|url=http://eritokyo.jp/independent/nikkangendai-col0050.html|access-date=10 January 2014}} Masuzoe later became a prominent media personality and member of the House of Councillors, and both Masuzoe and Katayama were considered by the LDP as candidates for the 2014 gubernatorial election in Tokyo.{{cite news|date=21 December 2013|title=都知事選「勝てる候補」は？ 自民、７氏選び世論調査|newspaper=日本経済新聞|url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXDASFS2003L_Q3A221C1PP8000/|access-date=24 December 2013}} Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe, who led the LDP to endorse Masuzoe in his successful election, said that he wanted Katayama more than anyone else to stand in support of Masuzoe, but Katayama responded that it was difficult for her to do so given Masuzoe's publicized dispute over support payments to one of his extramarital children, who is disabled.{{cite news|date=19 January 2014|title=片山氏、舛添氏支持依頼に難色 「婚外子への慰謝料扶養が不十分」|newspaper=MSN Sankei News|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/140119/tky14011918140001-n1.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=22 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120144727/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/140119/tky14011918140001-n1.htm|archive-date=20 January 2014}} Katayama and Masuzoe both studied at ENA, France.
In 1990, she married Ryutaro Katayama, a Japanese businessman who is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.satsuki-katayama.com}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:People from Saitama (city)
Category:University of Tokyo alumni
Category:Women members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Category:Anti-Korean sentiment in Japan
Category:21st-century Japanese women politicians
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009