Akiko Kurabayashi

Akiko Kurabayashi (Japanese: 倉林 明子, born 3 December 1960 in Fukushima Prefecture) is a member of the Japanese House of Councillors and member of the Japanese Communist Party.

She represents the Kyoto at-large district.

Kurabayashi was elected to her position in the National Diet in 2013.

[1] Kurabayashi is opposed to the pension reform bill that was enacted in 2016, saying that the reduced pension benefits would weight heavily on the Japanese public.

[2] She is also opposed to allowing non-Japanese trainees to work in the Japanese nursing industry, saying that the plan would not permanently address the chronic labour shortage in Japan's nursing industry.