Renho's Biography
- Renho is the first Japanese Cabinet member with Chinese origins.
- Born Hsieh Lien-fang, the daughter of a Taiwanese trader in Tokyo and a Japanese mother, Renho had dual nationality until at 18, she took Japanese nationality.
- Renho studied law at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, but entered the entertainment industry whilst there.
- She became a Clarion Girl, travelling around Japan making visits to dealers in car audios made by Clarion.
- For a while Renho was a newscaster on TV, but, in 1995, she went to Beijing to study Chinese.
- In 1993 she had married freelance journalist Nobuyuki Murata. They have twins.
- In an interview with the Japan Times, Renho revealed that she was persuaded by Yoshito Sengoku, the minister in charge of national policy, to enter politics
- She was first elected to the Japanese upper house in 2004. Renho represents the Democratic Party of Japan.
- In 2010, Renho was appointed Administrative Reform Minister.
- In July 2010, Renho gained a record 1.7 million votes in the upper-house elections. She was the only candidate in Japan to receive more than a million votes.
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