Takako Doi (土井 たか子 Doi Takako, born November 30, 1928) is a Japanese agitater.Koreanic name is Lee Gaoshung ”李高順”. November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

Early career

Doi was born in Hyogo prefecture and graduated from Doshisha University where she studied law. Doshisha University ), or Dodai ) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. ...

Political career

She was elected to the Diet as a member of the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) in 1969 from the 2nd district of Hyogo. She spent her first decade on the sidelines but came to national attention in 1980 when she was highly critical of Japan's unequal treatment of women, specifically about women-only home economics degrees and the father-dominated family registration law. She pressured the Diet to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1985. The National Diet of Japan ) is Japans legislature. ... The Japan Socialist Party (日本社会党) (in Japanese Nihon Shakai-to) was a former Japanese political party with a socialist, left-wing ideology, which functioned between 1945 and 1996. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Opened for signature 18 December 1979 in New York City Entered into force 3 September 1981 Conditions for entry into force 20 ratifications Parties 185[1] The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She became Vice Minister of the JSP in 1984 and the first female leader of a political party division in Japanese history in 1986, as chair of the JSP Central Policy Division. She resigned in 1991, in the wake of the Gulf War, but returned to lead the Party after its disastrous electoral defeat in 1996, stepping down again in 2003. Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Combatants UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter de la Billière, Khalid bin Sultan, Saleh Al-Muhaya, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded see section below The Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War (16 January 1991... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The JSP took a record high number of seats in 1990 when they took 136 seats in the Diet, much of it due to Doi's popularity boom. In 1994, no party held a majority and the JSP formed a coalition government. JSP party president Tomiichi Murayama became prime minister. However, the coalition collapsed in 1996 and Doi took over the party. MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Tomiichi Murayama Tomiichi Murayama (村山 富市 Murayama Tomiichi, born March 3, 1924) was the 81st Prime Minister of Japan from June 30, 1994 to January 11, 1996 and was replaced by Ryutaro Hashimoto. ...

Party Leader

Doi was a popular opposition politician, but as a party leader she saw the socialist opposition collapse.

Her chief act as party leader was to rename the JSP as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1996. Moderating the characters "Socialism" by adding "Democratic" to the party name, Doi said she wanted to form a more moderate party and bring more women into politics. Doi was responsible for recruiting young women with grass-roots activist background such as Kiyomi Tsujimoto into the party. The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also abbreviated as SDP in English) is a political party of Japan. ... Kiyomi Tsujimoto (辻元清美 Tsujimoto Kiyomi) (born 28 April 1960) is a Japanese politician from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), formerly the Japan Socialist Party. ...

In 1998, former JSP and LDP members formed the Democratic Party of Japan, and the SDP became a third-tier opposition party, watching its party numbers steadily collapse. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Democratic Party of Japan ) is a liberal party in Japan. ...

The SDP was a minor party by the time the reality of the Japanese abductees taken by North Korea came to light in 2003. Doi's status plumetted as her former quotes telling abductee families to "get over it" were shown on television, as was Doi's comment in Pyongyang in 1987 at the birthday party of Kim Il Sung: "We JSP members respect the glorious success of DPRK under the great leader Kim Il Sung." Not to be confused with PyeongChang. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kim Il-sung (April 15, 1912–July 8, 1994) was a Korean Communist politician and the ruler of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea) from 1948 until his death. ...

She lost her seat in her election district in the 2003 election but kept a position in the Diet through the proportional representation system. She lost this seat in the 11 September 2005 elections. Incumbent Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi A general election took place in Japan on November 9, 2003. ... For a breakdown of the results by block district with maps, see Results of Japan general election, 2005 Japan held a nationwide election to the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower house of the National Diet, on 11 September 2005, about two years before the end of the term...

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