Mari Kushibuchi

Mari Kushibuchi
櫛渕 万里
Kushibuchi in 2007
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 April 2022
Preceded byTaro Yamamoto
ConstituencyTokyo PR
In office
30 August 2009 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byKosuke Ito
Succeeded byMasanobu Ogura
ConstituencyTokyo 23rd
Personal details
Born (1967-10-15) 15 October 1967 (age 57)
Numata, Gunma, Japan
Political partyReiwa Shinsengumi
Other political
affiliations		DPJ
DP
Kibō no Tō
Alma materRikkyo University

Mari Kushibuchi (櫛渕 万里, Kushibuchi Mari, born 15 October 1967) is a Japanese politician.

Kushibuchi sailed on the Peace Boat for the first time in 1990,[1] and later joined the associated nongovernmental organization as an executive.[2] In 2009, she contested her first House of Representatives election and won Tokyo's 23rd district for the Democratic Party of Japan. She succeeded incumbent Kōsuke Itō.[3] Kushibuchi lost her 2012 reelection bid to Masanobu Ogura.[4] Following the 2022 resignation of Tarō Yamamoto, Kushibuchi returned to the House of Representatives via proportional representation, this time as a member of Reiwa Shinsengumi.[5][6]

On 1 June 2023, she was suspended from participating in the Diet for 10 days for "irregular behavior" in the lower chamber, which involved holding up a sheet of paper calling the no-confidence motion against Finance Minister Shun'ichi Suzuki a farce, while standing on the rostrum.[7]

References

  1. ^ Greimel, Hans (10 February 2002). "'Peace Boat' Blends Politics and Pleasure". Washington Post. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. ^ Hong, Carolina (16 July 2004). "A Japanese NGO sails the seas to publicize peace". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ^ Ford, Peter (28 August 2009). "Japan's opposition touts fresh faces in bid for election victory". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. ^ Japan Decides 2012: The Japanese General Election. Springer. 2013. p. 119. ISBN 9781137346124.
  5. ^ "Reiwa Shinsengumi leader quits Lower House to run for Upper House seat". The AU Times. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Leader of Reiwa Shinsengumi quits Lower House to run for Upper House seat". Japan Times. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Lower House Takes 1st Disciplinary Action in 16 Years". Nippon Communications Foundation. Jiji Press. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.