Hanako Jimi

Hanako Jimi
自見 英子
Official portrait, 2022
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister for the World Expo 2025
In office
13 September 2023  1 October 2024
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byNaoki Okada
Succeeded byYoshitaka Itō
Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
In office
13 September 2023  1 October 2024
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byTaro Kono
Succeeded byYoshitaka Itō
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
26 July 2016
ConstituencyNational PR
Personal details
Born (1976-02-15) 15 February 1976
Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Spouse
(m. 2021)
Children4
ParentShozaburo Jimi (father)
RelativesRyutaro Hashimoto (father-in-law)
Daijiro Hashimoto (uncle-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Tsukuba
Tokai University
OccupationPediatricianPolitician

Hanako Jimi (自見 英子, Jimi Hanako, born 15 February 1976) is a Japanese politician who has served as Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Minister of State for Regional Revitalization, Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies, and Minister for the World Expo 2025 since September 2023. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and she also serves in the House of Councillors of Japan.