Megumi Kaneko

Megumi Kaneko (Japanese: 金子 恵美, born 27 February 1978) is a Japanese politician. She served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) between 2012 and 2017. She was defeated in the 2017 general election.

Megumi Kaneko
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 December 2012 – 28 September 2017
Preceded byMakiko Kikuta
Succeeded byMakiko Kikuta
ConstituencyNiigata 4th
Personal details
Born (1978-02-27) 27 February 1978
Tsukigata, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Spouse(s)Kensuke Miyazaki

Biography

Born in the village of Tsukigata (now part of the city of Niigata), Kaneko was educated at Waseda University. She became a councillor for the Niigata City Council and then a member of the Niigata Prefectural Assembly.[1] She was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2012 general elections, defeating the incumbent MP Makiko Kikuta of the Democratic Party of Japan. She was re-elected in the 2014 elections.

Kaneko is married to Kensuke Miyazaki, who served as an LDP MP for Kyoto until resigning in 2016 after it was revealed that he had had an affair whilst Kaneko was pregnant.[2] Her husband's affair was regarded to have caused damage to her reputation among her constituents, leading to her defeat in 2017.[3]

References
  1. Kaneko Megumi Liberal Democratic Party
  2. Japan 'paternity leave' MP quits amid affair scandal BBC News, 12 February 2016
  3. Nagano, Yuri (7 March 2018). "In Japan, Voters Are Wary of Mothers in Public Office". New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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