Emiko Takagai

Emiko Takagai
高階 恵美子
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 February 2026
Preceded byAkiko Kamei
ConstituencyShimane 1st
In office
1 November 2021 – 9 October 2024
ConstituencyChugoku PR
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2010 – 19 October 2021
ConstituencyNational PR
Personal details
Born (1963-12-21) 21 December 1963
Kami, Miyagi, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Alma materTokyo Medical and Dental University
WebsiteEmiko Takagai website

Emiko Takagai (高階 恵美子, Takagai Emiko; born 21 December 1963) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.[1]

Early years

On 21 December 1963, Takagai was born in Kami, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture. In March 1993, she graduated from the Department of Health Care Sciences at Tokyo Medical and Dental University's Faculty of Medicine. She went on to complete the Master's program at the Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences in March 1995, earning a Master of Health Sciences. In March 1997, she withdrew from the doctoral program at the same graduate school and, that April, was appointed as an education instructor within the Faculty of Medicine at Tokyo Medical and Dental University.[2]

Later, in 2000, she joined the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a Nursing Technical Officer, and in 2008, she was appointed as an executive of the Japanese Nursing Association.[2]

Political career

In the 2010 House of Councillors election, Takagai ran in National PR and won a seat.[3]

In September 2014, she was appointed to the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare in the Second Abe reshuffled cabinet.[4] After the general election, she was re-appointed to the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare in the Third Abe cabinet and served until October 2015.[5]

In the 2016 House of Councillors election, she was re-elected.[6]

In October 2018, she was appointed to State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Fourth Abe first reshuffled cabinet and served until September 2019.[7]

In the 2021 general election, the LDP nominated her on the party list of the Chugoku PR block so that she lost the position as a member of the House of Councillors automatically.[8] As a result of election, she won a seat in the PR block.[9]

On 7 September 2024, the LDP Shimane Prefectural Federation decided to nominate Takagai as a candidate for the Shimane 1st district.[10][11]

In the 2024 general election, she lost to CDP incumbent Akiko Kamei and lost re-election.[12]

In the 2026 general election, she defeated CRA's Kamei and gained the Shimane 1st seat.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Emiko Takagai". LDP (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 "国会議員情報：高階恵美子". Jiji Press (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "政党別開票結果　自由民主党". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 11 July 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "第2次安倍内閣 改造内閣 大臣政務官名簿". PM office of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "第3次安倍内閣 大臣政務官名簿". PM office of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "比例代表 自由民主党". NHK (in Japanese). 10 July 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "The fourth ABE Shinzo Reshuffled Cabinet　List of State Ministers". PM office of Japan. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "自民・高階氏が自動失職　参院から衆院選出馬". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "衆院選 中国ブロック 開票速報". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 31 October 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "高階氏、擁立を決定　自民島根県連、衆院1区　／島根". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 September 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "衆院島根1区、自民・高階氏立候補へ　「中山間地域の願いかなえる」". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 September 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "島根1区 衆議院選挙". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 27 October 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "島根1区 小選挙区【衆議院選挙】開票速報・結果". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 February 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
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