Satoko Kishimoto

Satoko Kishimoto
Satoko Kishimoto
岸本聡子
	Kishimoto speaks to the Forum alternatif mondial de l'eau in 2012
Mayor of Suginami
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 July 2022
Personal details
Born	15 July 1974 (age 50); Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Independent
Website	www.kishimotosatoko.net/english

Satoko Kishimoto (Japanese: 岸本聡子; born 15 July 1974) is a Japanese politician and book editor. She is the first female mayor of Suginami, Tokyo.^[1]

Kishimoto spent some of her adult life in Europe before returning to Japan and entering politics unaffiliated with any political party. She is the editor of an anti-water privatisation book.

^ "The female mayor in Tokyo fighting Japan's sexist attitudes". BBC News. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[bbc-1] "The female mayor in Tokyo fighting Japan's sexist attitudes". BBC News. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

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