Birei Kin (金 美齢, Kin Birei, Chinese: 金美齡; Wade–Giles: Kim Bi-Ling; born 7 February 1934, in Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan under Japanese rule)[1] is a Taiwan-born Japanese critic and political activist.
[2] Kin is the president of the Shibanaga International School-JET Japanese Language School,[3] and served as national policy adviser to President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian from 2000 to 2005.
[4][5] Her husband was Eimei Shu and she has a daughter and a son.
Her eldest daughter is Tokyo Broadcasting System Television business office manager Mana Shu.
For many years Kin has been involved in the Taiwan independence movement.