Fumiko Hayashi (politician)
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Fumiko Hayashi (林 文子, Hayashi Fumiko, born May 5, 1946, in Tokyo) is a Japanese politician and the former mayor of Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. She is the first female mayor of the city. Her previous roles have included president of BMW Tokyo, president of Tokyo Nissan Auto Sales, and chairperson and CEO of the Japanese supermarket chain Daiei.[2] On taking the chief executive role at Daiei, all of whose executives are men, Hayashi told the Nikkei Weekly: "I thought I would be able to create an example of a success in male-female collaboration."[3]
Fumiko Hayashi | |
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林 文子 | |
Mayor of Yokohama | |
In office 30 August 2009 – 30 August 2021 | |
Preceded by | Hiroshi Nakada |
Succeeded by | Takeharu Yamanaka |
Personal details | |
Born | Fumiko Hayashi (1946-05-05) May 5, 1946 (age 78) Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Democratic Party for the People[1] |
Occupation | Businesswoman and politician |
In 2006, Forbes named her the 39th most powerful woman in the world, the highest rank for a Japanese woman.[4] She was elected as mayor of Yokohama in 2009 following the sudden resignation of the former mayor, Hiroshi Nakada, until her defeat at the 2021 Yokohama mayoral election. In July 2022, she was awarded as Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to the British Olympic and Paralympic Teams.[5]