Midori Matsushima
Midori Matsushima | |
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松島 みどり | |
Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (in charge of Foreign Nationals Policy) | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2025 Serving with Takahiro Inoue, Takashi Endo, Yoshimasa Uno, Sadamasa Oue | |
| Prime Minister | Sanae Takaichi |
| Preceded by | Akihisa Nagashima Masafumi Mori Wakako Yata |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 3 September 2014 – 20 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| Succeeded by | Yōko Kamikawa |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 19 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Taketsuka Kimura |
| Constituency | Tokyo 14th |
| In office 26 June 2000 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Taketsuka Kimura |
| Constituency | Tokyo PR (2000–2003) Tokyo 14th (2003–2009) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Midori Baba 15 July 1956 Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan |
| Party | LDP (since 1995) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Occupation | Reporter • Politician |
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Midori Matsushima (Japanese: 松島 みどり, Hepburn: Matsushima Midori; born 15 July 1956) also known by her legal name Midori Baba (馬場 みどり, Baba Midori) is a Japanese politician. She served as Japan's Minister of Justice in 2014, later resigning in the same year after an allegation of violating electoral laws by distributing paper fans to voters.