Noriko Miyagawa
宮川 典子
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
December 18, 2012 – September 12, 2019
Preceded bySakihito Ozawa
Succeeded byKatsuhito Nakajima
Personal details
Born(1979-04-05)April 5, 1979
Tokyo, Japan
DiedSeptember 12, 2019(2019-09-12) (aged 40)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party (Shikōkai)
Alma materKeio 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.

Life and career

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]

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 passed away 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. Seiko Noda also gave a memorial speech at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on November 12.[8]

Political views

Miyagawa supported revision of the Constitution of Japan,[9] particularly the state of emergency clause and the rights and obligations of citizens. She praised Abenomics,[10] and also supported the introduction of the reduced consumption tax rate system. Miyagawa believed that the Murayama Statement and Kono Statement should be reexamined. She was also against legal regulation of hate speech.[9] Miyagawa praised the 2015 Japanese military legislation as well as the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Regulation of Criminal Proceeds.[10] She also supported an amendment to the Health Promotion Act to strengthen measures against passive smoking and served as the deputy secretary-general of the Parliamentary League for the Prevention of Passive Smoking but withdrew from the association in April 2017.[11] Miyagawa also served as the secretary general on the special mission committee for the enactment of the LGBT Understanding Promotion Act.

Works

  • 漂流しはじめた日本の教育: 教育現場のデジタル化は誰のため? [Japanese Education That Began to Drift: Who Is Digitalizing the Educational Field For?]. Poplar. December 2013. ISBN 978-4591137413.

References

  1. ↑ 第200回国会　本会議　第7号（令和元年11月12日（火曜日）） [200th National Diet Plenary Session No. 7 (Tuesday, November 12, 2019)]. House of Representatives (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  2. 1 2 宮川 典子 衆議院議員 [Noriko Miyagawa Member of the House of Representatives]. Miwa Channel (in Japanese). November 12, 2014. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ 「月経関連疾患をライフワークに」　教育制度改革に挑む宮川典子政務官に聞く ["Make menstrual-related diseases my life's work" Interview with Parliamentary Vice-Minister Noriko Miyagawa, who is taking on the challenge of educational system reform]. Excite (in Japanese). July 14, 2018. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022.
  4. ↑ 山梨県知事選、自民・宮川典子衆院議員「出馬しない」 [Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives Noriko Miyagawa "will not run" in Yamanashi Prefecture gubernatorial election]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ 自民・宮川典子衆院議員はねられ入院 回復し活動再開 [Liberal Democratic Party member Noriko Miyagawa was hit and hospitalized, recovered and resumed activities]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ 【追悼】教師から政界へ…40歳での早すぎる死 宮川典子衆院議員の秘話 [[Memorial] From a teacher to politics... Untimely death at the age of 40 The untold story of Noriko Miyagawa, a member of the House of Representatives]. Fuji News Network. September 17, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  7. ↑ 自民・宮川典子衆院議員が死去 ４０歳 [Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives Noriko Miyagawa dies at age 40]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). September 13, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  8. ↑ 野田聖子氏が故宮川典子氏追悼演説「希望持てる社会実現に走り抜いた」 [Seiko Noda gives a speech in memory of the late Noriko Miyagawa, "She worked hard to realize a society filled with hope"]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). November 12, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  9. 1 2 2014衆院選 南関東ブロック 宮川 典子 [2014 House of Representatives Election South Kanto Block Noriko Miyagawa]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  10. 1 2 朝日・東大谷口研究室共同調査 - 2017衆院選 [Asahi/University of Tokyo Taniguchi Laboratory Joint Survey - 2017 House of Representatives Election]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  11. ↑ 宮川のり子『「受動喫煙防止議員連盟」脱会で示したいこと』 [Noriko Miyagawa "What I want to show by leaving the Parliamentary League for the Prevention of Passive Smoking"]. Noriko Miyagawa Official Blog (in Japanese). April 14, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
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