Tomoko Yoshino (芳野友子) is the first female president of RENGO, Japan's largest labor organization.

[1] Yoshino is also one of a council responsible for implementing prime minister Fumio Kishida's trickle-down "new capitalism" economic policies aimed at addressing income inequality.

After high school, Yoshino started working at Juki, a company that makes sewing machines, in 1984.

[8] Yoshino said of her decision to accept the role: "I made up my mind that I should never miss a chance to break the glass ceiling by myself".

[8] In her role as chief of RENGO, Yoshino's goals include improving gender equality and diversity as well as supporting casual workers.