Renhō, Yurakucho Station | 2004

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This is Hsieh Lien-fang, more commonly known as Renhō, a biracial (Taiwanese and Japanese) politician who at the time this was taken in 2004 was campaigning for her successful first run as a member of the House of Councillors (Upper House of the National Diet). She later became head of Japan's Democratic Party from 2016 to 2017 and gained notoriety when it was revealed that she had never given up her Taiwanese citizenship. (Japan requires dual citizens to choose a single citizenship when they turn 20 years old.) She subsequentl…