Maiko Tajima | |
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Member of the House of Councillors | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Constituency | Aichi Prefecture |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo | December 20,1976
Political party | The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party |
Maiko Tajima is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
She attended Aoyama Gakuin University,and Oxford University. In 2006,she worked for United Nations World Food Programme and was elected in 2019 to the House of Councillors. [1]
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