Inside Lens

Road to Re-Election (2015x9)

Data di messa in onda: Giu 06, 2015

In the city of Sumida (Tokyo) where traditional cultural norms are the rule, Noemi Inoue has set out to change the city’s political landscape. She’s become the first non-Japanese woman in Japan to be elected to political office. Born in Bolivia, she pursued a high profile career at the Banco Central de Bolivia before landing a prestigious position at the United Nations in New York. That’s where she met her Japanese husband and eventually moved to Japan. She was elected to Sumida City Council on a platform of rejuvenating the city through tourism in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.