Emiko Uematsu
Emiko Uematsu is a former Japanese politician in the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of Kobe University, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Councillors in 2004. She ran again in 2007 and was elected for the first time. She left the DPJ in 2013 because of a difference of political policy.