Yasue Funayama

Yasue Funayama
Yasue Funayama
舟山康江
	Funayama in 2025
Member of the House of Councillors
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 July 2016
Preceded by	Koichi Kishi
Constituency	Yamagata at-large
	In office; 29 July 2007 – 28 July 2013
Preceded by	Masatoshi Abe
Succeeded by	Mizuho Ōnuma
Constituency	Yamagata at-large
Personal details
Born	26 May 1966 (age 58); Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Political party	DPP (since 2020)
Other political; affiliations	Democratic (2007–2012); Green Wind (2012–2013); Independent (2013-2020);
Alma mater	Hokkaido University

Yasue Funayama (舟山康江, Funayama Yasue, born May 26, 1966) is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Councillors (Japan) in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Funayama is a native of Koshigaya, Saitama. She graduated from Hokkaido University.

She worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1990 until 2000.

Political career

In July 2004 Funayama contested the House of Councillors election as a Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) candidate in the Yamagata At-large district but lost to the incumbent, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member Koichi Kishi.

At the July 2007 election she again contested the Yamagata district as a DPJ candidate and was successful, claiming 57.3% of the vote.

Funayama served as a Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinets of prime ministers Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan from September 2009 until September 2010.

In July 2012 Funayama resigned from the DPJ and formed the Green Wind party with three other women Councillors. She sought reelection at the July 2013 election but lost to LDP candidate Mizuho Onuma. Green Wind dissolved at the end of that year.

In December 2015 Funayama announced her intention to contest the 2016 House of Councillors election as an independent.

References

政治家情報〜舟山康江〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-17.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

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