Noriko Miyagawa
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Southern Kanto PR (2014–2019)
Noriko Miyagawa | |
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宮川 典子 | |
.png) Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 18 December 2012 – 12 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sakihito Ozawa |
| Succeeded by | Katsuhito Nakajima |
| Constituency | Yamanashi 1st (2012–2014) Southern Kanto PR (2014–2019) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1979 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 12 September 2019 (aged 40) Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic (Shikōkai) |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Noriko Miyagawa (Japanese: 宮川 典子, Hepburn: Miyagawa Noriko; April 5, 1979 – September 12, 2019) was a Japanese politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives from 2012 until her death in 2019, and the Parliamentary Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the Fourth Abe Cabinet.
Miyagawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, but was raised in Yamanashi Prefecture.[1] Her father owned a liquor store, while her mother was a high school English teacher; her maternal family ran a silk throwing business.[2] Her grandfather was a school superintendent, and her younger brother and cousin were also teachers.[3] Miyagawa lost her father to terminal cancer when she was 10 years old.[2]
Political career
In 2018, prefectural assembly members from the Liberal Democratic Party asked Miyagawa to run in the 2019 Yamanashi gubernatorial election, but she announced on October 2 that she would not be running.[4]
On April 1, 2019, Miyagawa was hit by a car after getting off a taxi and was rushed to the hospital but was discharged on May 6 and resumed political activities.[5] Having battled breast cancer since 2016, Miyagawa died on September 12, 2019, in a hospital in Tokyo.[6][7] She was posthumously awarded the Senior Fifth Rank and the Order of the Rising Sun.[citation needed] Seiko Noda also gave a memorial speech at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on November 12.[8]