is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and the current Minister of State in charge of the Declining Birthrate.

A graduate of Seijo University, she worked at the broadcaster TBS from 1996 to 1998. She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000. Her father is former prime minister Keizō Obuchi and her grandfather former member of the House of Representatives Mitsuhei Obuchi.

In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008, Obuchi, age 34, was appointed as Minister of State in charge of the Declining Birthrate. This made her Japan's youngest Cabinet member in the post-war era.

References

1. "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2", The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.