is a Japanese politician who served in the

House of Representatives of Japan The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by and of the Constitution of Japan. The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for a fo ...

from 2009 until 2012.

Biography

Born in Tokyo, Yamazaki attended Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School and graduated from

Hokkaido University , or , is a public research university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Founded in 1918, it is the fifth-oldest government-authorised university in Japan and one of the former Imperial Universities. The university finds its roots in Sapporo A ...

in 1971. After receiving her nursing license in April 1968, she would later work at several health facilities, before being director of the

Japanese Nursing Association The Japanese Nursing Association (JNA) ( 日本看護協会, ''Nihon Kango Kyoukai'') is the national professional association for midwives and nurses in Japan. It governs all subordinate nursing associations with jurisdiction in each of the 47 pre ...

from 1995 until 2005; she was in the

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare The is a cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as in Japan. The ministry provides services on health, labour and welfare. It was formed with the merger of the former Ministry of Health and Welfare or and th ...

's Social Security Council as that organization's representative. She was also a professor at the Nursing School in

Iwate Prefectural University is a Japanese public university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university ...

. In 2007, she ran as a proportional district candidate for the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a Centrism, centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to Centre-left politics, centre-left, Liberalism, liberal or Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Japan, ...

with 27,500 votes. In

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, she was elected to the

Hokkaido proportional representation block The or in official usage the "Hokkaidō electoral district" (北海道選挙区, ''Hokkaidō senkyo-ku'') is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Hokkaidō an ...

. In

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, she came third place running for Hokkaido's 12th district with 25,501 votes. In

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, she ran as a proportional district candidate for the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamazaki, Maya Living people 1980 births 21st-century Japanese women politicians Japanese nurses Women members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Politicians from Tokyo Hokkaido University alumni Academic staff of Asahikawa University Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2009–2012