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Mizuho Fukushima
Mizuho Fukushima campaigning in Shinjuku, Tokyo, June 2007
Chair of the Social Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2003
Preceded by	Takako Doi
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Consumers and Food safety
Incumbent
Assumed office September 16, 2009
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Position Established
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Low birth rate
Incumbent
Assumed office September 16, 2009
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Position Established
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Sex Equality
Incumbent
Assumed office September 16, 2009
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Position Established

Born	24 December 1955 (1955-12-24) (age 54) Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Mizuho Fukushima (福島瑞穂, Fukushima Mizuho^?), born 24 December 1955, is a Japanese politician. She is the current chair of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, a position she has held since 2003.^[1] Fukushima is also Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Social Affairs, and Gender Equality in Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's cabinet (since 16 September 2009); the SDP is the junior partner in the DPJ-led government coalition.

Fukushima was a regular commentator on the popular weekly Japanese TV-show Koko ga hen da yo, nihonjin, in which prominent Japanese personalities would discuss aspects of Japanese society and culture with foreigners living in Japan.^{[citation needed]}