Fumiko Hayashi (businessperson)
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, is the mayor of the city of Yokohama
, Japan
. She is the first woman mayor of Yokohama. She is the former president of BMW
Tokyo, and former vice chairperson of the Japanese supermarket chain Daiei
. In 2006, Forbes
named her the 39th most powerful woman in the world, the highest rank for a Japanese woman. She was elected as mayor of Yokohama on August 30, 2009 following the sudden resignation of former mayor Hiroshi Nakada
. She received 910,297 votes, about 35,000 more than that of the second candidate.
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. She is the first woman mayor of Yokohama. She is the former president of BMW
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
Tokyo, and former vice chairperson of the Japanese supermarket chain Daiei
Daiei
, based in Kobe, is one of the largest supermarket chains in Japan. In 1957, Isao Nakauchi founded the chain in Osaka near Sembayashi Station on the Keihan train line. Daiei is now under a restructuring process supported by Marubeni Corporation and ÆON Co., Ltd., another Japanese supermarket chain....
. In 2006, Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
named her the 39th most powerful woman in the world, the highest rank for a Japanese woman. She was elected as mayor of Yokohama on August 30, 2009 following the sudden resignation of former mayor Hiroshi Nakada
Hiroshi Nakada
is the former mayor of Yokohama, Kanagawa in Japan. A graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he served at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management before working in the House of Councillors in the Diet....
. She received 910,297 votes, about 35,000 more than that of the second candidate.