Yuriko Koike
Makemake / Sun conjunction
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Yuriko Koike (Koike Yuriko, born July 15, 1952) is a Japanese politician, who was the Minister of Defense in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but resigned August 27, 2007 after only 54 days in office. She is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan for Tokyo's 10th district.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Ashiya, Hyogo, a wealthy Kobe suburb, Koike went to Konan Girls' Junior and Senior High School for her secondary education.
Her father, Yujiro Koike, was a foreign trade merchant who handled oil products. He was also involved in politics, supporting Shintaro Ishihara and the Tatenokai in 1960s, and ran for a national election to no avail in 1969. He occasionally told Yuriko his opinion that it was essential for Japan to strengthen relations with Arab countries in order to ensure a stable petroleum supply lest the resource-poor Japan be thrust into war for oil again. His word encouraged her to decide to study in Egypt to master Arabic.
After attending the School of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University in 1971 and the American University in Cairo in 1972, Koike received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Cairo University in 1976. She married a Japanese student in Egypt when she was 21 years old, but divorced soon.
Career in media
Koike anchored TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite, the nation-wide TV business news program from 1988 to 1992, after co-hosting Kenichi Takemura's Storytelling on Social Aspects (???? ,Seso kodan?) of NTV from 1979 to 1985.
Career in politics
Koike currently belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party after she belonged to the Japan New Party, New Frontier Party, Liberal Party, and New Conservative Party. She has also served one term in the House of Councillors. She is one of the five Vice Secretary Generals of the Diet Members' Committee of Japan Conference (Nippon Kaigi), the country's largest conservative think tank, once chaired by Taro Aso.
A past participant in the World Economic Forum, Koike has been considered a prime candidate to become Japan's first female prime minister. Koike is a long-time participant in the U.S.-Japan Legislative Exchange Program hosted by George Washington University and run by Professor Henry Nau.
She previously served as the Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs in the Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi, Abe's predecessor. She has been responsible for starting the Cool Biz campaign in Japanese political circles.
Originally representing Hyogo Prefecture, Koike became one of Koizumi's "assassins" in the 2005 Lower House election, and was critical of LDP members who were defiant of Koizumi's leadership. Her most recent position before becoming Minister of Defense was Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Issues in the Abe Cabinet.
Koike announced on August 24, 2007 that she intended to resign from the post, citing the Aegis classified information leak scandal as a reason. Koike later hinted that the much publicized fight she had had with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki over a vice-minister replacement was the real reason, as the opposition would use that to oppose a bill on Japan's terrorism laws.
2008 LDP leadership election
On September 8, 2008, Koike launched her bid to become President of the LDP and became the first woman ever to seek the premiership in Japan's history: "I have received the enthusiastic support of my colleagues. In order to break through the deadlock facing Japanese society, I believe the country might as well have a female candidate. Hillary used the word 'glass ceiling' ... but in Japan, it isn't glass, it's an iron plate. I'm not Mrs Thatcher, but what is needed is a strategy that advances a cause with conviction, clear policies and sympathy with the people."
In the leadership election, held on September 22, Taro Aso won with 351 of the 527 votes; Koike placed third with 46 votes.
Political positions
Koike supports for economic liberalism, promotes administrative and budgetary reform, and insists on further advancement of the status of women in the working world. Her motto is "Check, Challenge, Change, Creative and Communication."
Having learned ecological lifestyle from her own experience of wartime austerities in Egypt, Koike actively addresses environmental issues. She received the Japan Jewelry Best Dresser Award for her success in the Cool Biz and Warm Biz campaign. She expressed the idea of introducing carbon tax in 2005 so that Japan might achieve the goals of the Kyoto Protocol, but her idea has not been realized yet. In 2006, she started the "Mottainai Furoshiki" campaign, which urges shoppers to use furoshiki in place of plastic shopping bags. She is against the use of biofuels made from food crops. Her hope is that Japan will be a society where citizens and companies can make profits by contributing to the protection of the environment, for example through emissions trading.
As a conservative nationalist, Koike belongs to the Diet members' league to support the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform. She is also a member of the Diet members' group to promote Yasukuni Shrine visits, led by Yoshinobu Shimamura, and goes to worship the war dead at the shrine on War-End Day, August 15, almost every year. Not being able to visit it due to an official trip to Okinawa, she sent her proxy to worship at the shrine in 2007. She insists on developing an environment to encourage the emperor to visit Yasukuni.
Her foreign and security policies are often regarded as hawkish. She suggested that the prime minister revise the interpretation of Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan to enable the government to exercise the right to collective self-defense. She supports the United States' policy in the war against terrorism and opposes the Japanese government's tradition of U.N.-centered foreign policy. During the 2008 LDP leadership election, she pledged to make Russia return the four disputed islands to Japan if she was elected as prime minister.
Timeline
 1977 - Interpreter and Translator of Arabic, Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association.
 1978 - Interviewer and Coordinator for the Nippon TV Special "Colonel Qaddafi and Yasser Arafat"
 1979 - News presenter for Nippon TV's Daily Program "Current Issues"
 1988-1989 - News presenter for TV Tokyo's Financial and Business Programs "World Business Satellite" and "Top Business Executives"
 1990 - Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association.
 1992 - Elected to the House of Councillors from the Japan New Party.
 1993 - Elected to the House of Representatives from Hyogo Prefecture's Second District, Vice-Minister of the Management and Coordination Agency.
 1994 - Vice-President of the Japan New Party, founding member of the New Frontier Party.
 1995 - Assistant to the Secretary General of the New Frontier Party.
 1996 - Director of the Public Relations Bureau of the New Frontier Party, re-elected to the House of Representatives from Hyogo Prefecture's Sixth District.
 1997 - Chair of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives
 1998 - Founding Member of the Liberal Party, member of the Standing Committee on Trade and Industry of the House of Representatives, Director of the Standing Committee on Finance of the House of Representatives.
 1999 - Member of the Committee on Public Relations of the Liberal Party, State Secretary for the Economic Planning Chair of the Liberal Party.
 2000 - Member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Standing Committee on Health and Welfare of the House of Representatives, Vice-Chair of the New Conservative Party Policy Planning Committee, and re-elected to the House of Representatives from Hyogo Prefecture's Sixth District.
 2003 - Minister of the Environment, Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems (Second Koizumi Cabinet), re-elected to the House of Representatives, Minister of the Environment and Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems (Second Reshuffled First Koizumi Cabinet), and member of the Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives.
 2004 - Minister of the Environment, Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems, and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (Reshuffled Second Koizumi Cabinet).
 2005 - Minister of the Environment, Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems, and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (Third Koizumi Cabinet and reshuffled Third Koizumi Cabinet). Re-elected to the House of Representatives.
 2006 - Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs (First Abe Cabinet).
 2007 - Minister of Defense (First Abe Cabinet). Left office after only 54 days in office.
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Assuming noon in Kobe (Lat34n43 - Lon135e17), 3:00 UT
Using RIYAL 3.13
Astrological Setting (Tropical - Placidus)
RIYAL Tue July 15 1952 UT 3h00m00s Lat34n43 Lon135e17 SORT ALL
Planet Longit: Latit. Declin. Const.
PB112 = 0Cp07 r 15s38 39s05 CrA
Thereus = 0Vi13 15s12 2s52 Sex
QB243 = 0Le29 3n12 23n11 Cnc
XA255 = 0Ta33 12s19 0n06 Cet
GM137 = 0Le49 7n17 27n05 Cnc
VS2 = 0Pi51 r 7n11 4s27 Aqr
PA44 = 0Ar53 2n31 2n39 Psc
Chaos = 1Ar05 r 9s16 8s04 Cet
RP120 = 1Sc06 r 11s19 22s26 Hya
Pholus = 1Aq38 r 1s13 20s59 Cap
Amycus = 1Ta54 12n51 24n09 Psc
MS4 = 2Sc04 r 0s41 12s50 Vir
OO67 = 2Sa16 r 19n54 1s05 Ser
CF119 = 2Ge37 17n12 37n30 Per
UJ438 = 3Sa06 r 1s09 21s55 Sco
SB60 = 3Cp19 r 2s33 25s57 Sgr
DA62 = 3Ta28 4s13 8n43 Cet
QB1 = 3Aq32 r 1s50 21s10 Cap
CY118 = 3Ca36 23s43 0s18 Ori
GB32 = 3Le53 11s09 8n26 Cnc
Cyllarus = 3Sc58 r 3n28 9s35 Vir
GV9 = 4Le27 17s50 1n48 Hya
(Moon) = 4Ta32 4n59 17n44 Ari
SQ73 = 4Le41 15n49 34n24 Lyn
QF6 = 5Li15 17n44 14n10 Com
CZ118 = 5Le25 18n02 36n20 Lyn
CO1 = 5Ar58 r 19s13 15s14 Cet
TO66 = 6Aq19 r 21s47 39s39 Mic
CR105 = 6Ge35 20s02 1n39 Tau
Varuna = 6Ta38 15s06 0s34 Cet
HB57 = 6Le43 14s24 4n38 Hya
SA278 = 6Pi46 r 3n57 5s22 Aqr
Radamantu= 7Ca13 12n22 35n36 Aur
RZ214 = 7Cp14 r 18n59 4s18 Sct
WL7 = 7Sc14 r 6s37 20s11 Vir
Quaoar = 8Li01 0n09 3s03 Vir
Bienor = 8Ge07 19n46 41n07 Per
Mars = 8Sc15 1s41 15s51 Lib
Eris = 8Ar17 r 24s13 18s54 Cet
OR10 = 8Aq35 15s47 33s18 Mic
Chiron = 8Cp40 r 7n10 16s01 Sgr
GQ21 = 8Le46 11s51 6n37 Hya
Asbolus = 9Ca02 16n59 40n04 Aur
Saturn = 9Li10 2n25 1s25 Vir
RN43 = 9Sa12 r 17n44 4s17 Oph
VU2 = 9Sc45 r 6s11 20s36 Lib
XR190 = 11Ta50 28n23 42n02 And
Typhon = 12Ar07 r 0n49 5n32 Psc
TD10 = 12Sc12 r 3n45 11s55 Lib
Hylonome = 12Ta25 2s48 12n54 Ari
UR163 = 12Aq27 r 0n09 16s56 Cap
KF77 = 12Ca44 4n13 27n02 Gem
TY364 = 13Aq03 r 3n27 13s36 Aqr
FP185 = 13Ca24 29s30 6s36 Mon
Crantor = 13Ar29 12s24 6s06 Cet
96PW = 13Vi33 11n04 16n40 Leo
Echeclus = 13Ca37 3s45 19n01 Gem
RR43 = 13Aq37 r 22s28 38s05 Gru
RD215 = 13Cp49 r 25n37 2n46 Ser
MW12 = 14Li21 4n41 1s20 Vir
KX14 = 14Vi44 0s21 5n42 Leo
Uranus = 14Ca44 0n22 23n00 Gem
RM43 = 14Aq45 r 23s17 38s29 Gru
FZ53 = 15Pi06 r 23n45 16n01 Peg
VQ94 = 15Ar46 r 43s43 33s46 For
FZ173 = 15Ca49 12n08 34n33 Gem
Ixion = 15Li59 15n54 8n24 Vir
DH5 = 16Aq06 r 8n44 7s40 Aqr
Jupiter = 16Ta10 1s07 15n37 Ari
RZ215 = 16Sc19 r 23s48 39s19 Cen
VR130 = 16Sc20 r 2n36 14s14 Lib
Elatus = 16Pi38 r 5s50 10s39 Aqr
Nessus = 16Ta59 4n01 20n46 Ari
OM67 = 17Sa09 r 22s16 44s58 Sco
CO104 = 17Pi49 r 0s22 5s09 Aqr
Neptune = 18Li59 1n40 5s54 Vir
WN188 = 19Cp02 r 7n53 14s18 Sgr
Mercury = 19Le12 0s29 14n36 Leo
(Ascend) = 19Li23 0n00 7s35 Vir
YQ179 = 19Ta27 18s14 0n00 Tau
Ceto = 19Ar40 10s35 2s06 Cet
Pluto = 20Le17 8n54 23n09 Leo
Apogee = 20Ca22 2n45 24n37 Gem
(Midheav) = 21Ca28 0n00 21n44 Gem
Okyrhoe = 21Ar30 6s05 2n44 Psc
TC302 = 21Pi35 r 20s49 22s22 Cet
Node = 21Aq56 r 0n00 14s12 Cap
TL66 = 22Aq17 r 23n42 8n23 Equ
BL41 = 22Sc22 r 10s15 28s15 Lib
Sun = 22Ca33 0n00 21n34 Gem
EL61 = 22Le38 11n08 24n28 Leo
CE10 = 22Li51 r 31s04 37s17 Cen
XX143 = 23Vi07 6n19 8n32 Vir
Teharonhi= 23Sa19 r 1s41 24s58 Oph
PN34 = 23Le30 7s14 6n51 Leo
RG33 = 23Ca37 33n13 53n52 Lyn
OP32 = 23Sc41 r 22n31 3n10 Ser
CC22 = 23Aq43 r 0s45 14s20 Cap
FY9 = 23Ca51 17n18 38n20 Lyn
Pelion = 23Ca53 2s00 19n22 Gem
Sedna = 24Ar52 10s25 0s05 Cet
BU48 = 24Aq56 r 3s02 16s05 Cap
Chariklo = 24Sa56 r 14s08 37s28 Sco
XZ255 = 25Vi10 2n30 4n13 Vir
Vertex = 25Ta40
AZ84 = 25Ta50 3n54 23n00 Tau
Huya = 26Ca21 12s04 9n02 CMi
TX300 = 26Cp33 r 12s57 33s32 Sgr
Pylenor = 27Ca21 1s47 18n57 Cnc
AW197 = 27Ge37 12n26 35n51 Aur
Deucalion= 27Le57 0n21 12n31 Leo
Venus = 28Ca08 1n05 21n36 Cnc
LE31 = 28Sa17 r 10n59 12s27 Ser
QD112 = 28Ge35 14n03 37n29 Aur
Logos = 28Ge38 1s58 21n28 Ori
Orcus = 28Ge42 0s04 23n22 Tau
OX3 = 28Sc45 r 1s27 21s19 Sco
GZ32 = 29Ta03 11s16 8n56 Tau
UX25 = 29Aq06 r 16n31 3n43 Peg
RL43 = 29Li10 9n27 2s20 Vir
PJ30 = 29Vi35 5s06 4s31 Vir
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Focused Minor Planets
Makemake = 23 Ca 51
Pelion = 23 Ca 53
Sun = 22 Ca 33
OP32 = 23 Sc 41 r Trine
Sedna = 24 Ar 52 Square
Teharonhi= 23 Sa 19 r Quincunx
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TL66 = 22 Aq 17 r
Node = 21 Aq 56 r
Haumea = 22 Le 38
Sun = 22 Ca 33 Quincunx
XX143 = 23 Vi 07
Teharonhi= 23 Sa 19 r Sextile
TC302 = 21 Pi 35 r Semisextile
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Ceto = 19 Ar 40
Neptune = 18 Li 59
Mercury = 19 Le 12 Trine
Pluto = 20 Le 17
YQ179 = 19 Ta 27 Semisextile
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Orcus = 28 Ge 42
AW197 = 27 Ge 37
Logos = 28 Ge 38
Venus = 28 Ca 08 Semisextile
UX25 = 29 Aq 06 r Trine
OX3 = 28 Sc 45 r Quincunx
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Huya = 26 Ca 21
Venus = 28 Ca 08
TX300 = 26 Cp 33 r
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Eris = 8 Ar 17 r
Quaoar = 8 Li 01
Saturn = 9 Li 10
Mars = 8 Sc 15 Quincunx
Bienor = 8 Ge 07 Sextile
GQ21 = 8 Le 46 Trine
RN43 = 9 Sa 12 r
Chiron = 8 Cp 40 r T Square
Asbolus = 9 Ca 02
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Ixion = 15 Li 59
MW12 = 14 Li 21
VQ94 = 15 Ar 46 r
Jupiter = 16 Ta 10 Quincunx
Nessus = 16 Ta 59
Uranus = 14 Ca 44 Square
FZ173 = 15 Ca 49
RM43 = 14 Aq 45 r Trine
RZ215 = 16 Sc 19 r Semisextile
VR130 = 16 Sc 20 r
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Astrological Setting (Sidereal - Fagan/Bradley)
RIYAL Tue July 15 1952 UT 3h00m00s Lat34n43 Lon135e17 SORT ALL
Planet Longit.
Sedna = 0Ar47
BU48 = 0Aq51 r
Chariklo = 0Sa51 r
XZ255 = 1Vi05
Vertex = 1Ta35
AZ84 = 1Ta46
Huya = 2Ca16
TX300 = 2Cp28 r
Pylenor = 3Ca16
AW197 = 3Ge32
Deucalion= 3Le53
Venus = 4Ca03
LE31 = 4Sa13 r
QD112 = 4Ge30
Logos = 4Ge34
Orcus = 4Ge37
OX3 = 4Sc40 r
GZ32 = 4Ta58
UX25 = 5Aq01 r
RL43 = 5Li06
PJ30 = 5Vi30
PB112 = 6Sa02 r
Thereus = 6Le08
QB243 = 6Ca24
XA255 = 6Ar28
GM137 = 6Ca44
VS2 = 6Aq46 r
PA44 = 6Pi48
Chaos = 7Pi00 r
RP120 = 7Li01 r
Pholus = 7Cp33 r
Amycus = 7Ar49
MS4 = 7Li59 r
OO67 = 8Sc11 r
CF119 = 8Ta33
UJ438 = 9Sc01 r
SB60 = 9Sa15 r
DA62 = 9Ar23
QB1 = 9Cp27 r
CY118 = 9Ge31
GB32 = 9Ca48
Cyllarus = 9Li53 r
GV9 = 10Ca23
(Moon) = 10Ar27
SQ73 = 10Ca36
QF6 = 11Vi10
CZ118 = 11Ca20
CO1 = 11Pi54 r
TO66 = 12Cp14 r
CR105 = 12Ta30
Varuna = 12Ar33
HB57 = 12Ca38
SA278 = 12Aq41 r
Radamantu= 13Ge08
RZ214 = 13Sa09 r
WL7 = 13Li10 r
Quaoar = 13Vi56
Bienor = 14Ta03
Mars = 14Li10
Eris = 14Pi12 r
Chiron = 14Sa35 r
GQ21 = 14Ca41
Asbolus = 14Ge57
Saturn = 15Vi06
RN43 = 15Sc07 r
VU2 = 15Li40 r
XR190 = 17Ar45
Typhon = 18Pi02 r
TD10 = 18Li07 r
Hylonome = 18Ar20
UR163 = 18Cp22 r
KF77 = 18Ge39
TY364 = 18Cp58 r
FP185 = 19Ge19
Crantor = 19Pi25
96PW = 19Le29
Echeclus = 19Ge32
RR43 = 19Cp32 r
RD215 = 19Sa44 r
MW12 = 20Vi17
KX14 = 20Le39
Uranus = 20Ge39
RM43 = 20Cp40 r
FZ53 = 21Aq01 r
VQ94 = 21Pi41 r
FZ173 = 21Ge44
Ixion = 21Vi54
DH5 = 22Cp01 r
Jupiter = 22Ar05
RZ215 = 22Li14 r
VR130 = 22Li15 r
Elatus = 22Aq33 r
Nessus = 22Ar54
OM67 = 23Sc04 r
CO104 = 23Aq44 r
Neptune = 24Vi55
WN188 = 24Sa58 r
Mercury = 25Ca08
(Ascend) = 25Vi19
YQ179 = 25Ar23
Ceto = 25Pi35
Pluto = 26Ca12
Apogee = 26Ge17
(Midheav) = 27Ge23
Okyrhoe = 27Pi25
TC302 = 27Aq31 r
Node = 27Cp51 r
TL66 = 28Cp12 r
BL41 = 28Li17 r
Sun = 28Ge29
EL61 = 28Ca33
CE10 = 28Vi46 r
XX143 = 29Le02
Teharonhi= 29Sc15 r
PN34 = 29Ca25
RG33 = 29Ge32
OP32 = 29Li36 r
CC22 = 29Cp38 r
FY9 = 29Ge47
Pelion = 29Ge48
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Focused Minor Planets
FY9 = 29 Ge 47
Pelion = 29 Ge 48
Sun = 28 Ge 29
OP32 = 29 Li 36 r Trine
Sedna = 0 Ar 47 Square
Teharonhi= 29 Sc 15 r Quincunx
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TL66 = 28 Cp 12 r
Node = 27 Cp 51 r
Haumea = 28 Ca 33
Sun = 28 Ge 29 Quincunx
XX143 = 29 Le 02
Teharonhi= 29 Sc 15 r Sextile
TC302 = 27 Aq 31 r Semisextile
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Ceto = 25 Pi 35
Neptune = 24 Vi 55
Mercury = 25 Ca 08 Trine
Pluto = 26 Ca 12
YQ179 = 25 Ar 23 Semisextile
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Orcus = 4 Ge 37
AW197 = 3 Ge 32
Logos = 4 Ge 34
Venus = 4 Ca 03 Semisextile
UX25 = 5 Aq 01 r Trine
OX3 = 4 Sc 40 r Quincunx
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Huya = 2 Ca 16
Venus = 4 Ca 03
TX300 = 2 Cp 28 r
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Eris = 14 Pi 12 r
Quaoar = 13 Vi 56
Saturn = 15 Vi 06
Mars = 14 Li 10 Quincunx
Bienor = 14 Ta 03 Sextile
GQ21 = 14 Ca 41 Trine
RN43 = 15 Sc 07 r
Chiron = 14 Sa 35 r T Square
Asbolus = 14 Ge 57
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Ixion = 21 Vi 54
MW12 = 20 Vi 17
VQ94 = 21 Pi 41 r
Jupiter = 22 Ar 05 Quincunx
Nessus = 22 Ar 54
Uranus = 20 Ge 39 Square
FZ173 = 21 Ge 44
RM43 = 20 Cp 40 r Trine
RZ215 = 22 Li 14 r Semisextile
VR130 = 22 Li 15 r
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