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Yoko Kamikawa- WPL Global Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security (WPS)

Yōko Kamikawa has served as a Member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 2000 to 2003 and again since 2005. She served as Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2023-2024) and previously served as Minister of Justice under Prime Ministers Yoshihide Suga (2020–2021) and Shinzō Abe (2014–2015, 2017–2018). She is the first woman to have served Japan both as Minister of Justice and Minister for Foreign Affairs.