Tomoko Abe

Tomoko Abe (阿部 知子, Abe Tomoko^?, born April 24, 1948) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is the policy chief of the Social Democratic Party, a small liberal political party. Ms. Abe is also a leader of a group of lawmakers called Energy Shift Japan, who are pushing the government to consider alternatives to nuclear power subsequent to the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in March 2011. Ms. Abe and Energy Shift Japan are backing a proposal to give green energy sources access to Japan's power grid.