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Takako Doi, former SDP leader, dies at 85

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Takako Doi, a former House of Representatives speaker and former head of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), died of pneumonia Sept. 20, the SDP said the following day. She was 85.

Doi led an earlier version of the SDP from 1986 to 1991, and the SDP from 1996 to 2003. She was the first female leader of a major Japanese political party. Her straight-talking manner appealed to voters, especially women. (The Japan Times)

*紙面掲載時の本記事の見出しの "dies at 84" は "dies at 85" の誤りでした。 ウェブ版では修正してあります。

女性初の衆議院議長、土井たか子さん死去

社民党元党首で、女性初の衆院議長を務めた土井たか子さんが９月20日に亡くなった。

The Japan Times ST: October 10, 2014