the plan of the Koizumi administration, she criticized it as being "10 points out of a possible 100". Coming from friction with her husband over external fertilization treatments, the difficulties of commuting to the hospital as a Diet member, and having experienced the pain of miscarriage, she published "I want to give birth" in December 2004 through Shinchōsha after even considering publishing out of her own pocket. The following year in May 2005 she published "Who is taking away the future - taking on the declining birthrate" through Kodansha. She disputed comments within the party like "women don't have babies because they have chosen careers instead" with data on high birthrates in places where women often work, such as western nations. Taking on the issues of the declining birthrate, the aging of Japan, and population decrease, she proposed countermeasures to increase the population while criticizing the traditional values of fellow party members. Yakuza allegations In 2011 Noda married Kimura Fuminobu after the two met at a Korean restaurant in Kyoto. In September 2017 Shūkan Bunshun and Shukan Shincho alleged that Noda's husband was a former Yakuza member with the Aizukotetsu-kai, citing Metropolitan police records. In August 2018 Shūkan Bunshun and Asahi Shimbun reported that Noda was pressured by her husband to arrange a meeting between a private cryptocurrency company and the Financial Services Agency. Noda denied the allegations and sued for defamation seeking a total of 22,000,000 Yen (US$162,000) in damages. The case was elevated to the Supreme Court of Japan, where Shūkan Bunshun's reporting was judged to be factually correct and the case was dismissed. The ruling stated that there were "reasonable grounds" to believe that the arranged meeting took place. Books written Self-authored Dec 1987 『アイアム聖イング』 (I am Seeing) 海越出版社、 Jun 1994 『改革という美名の下で』 (Under the pretext of reform), 海越出版社、 Feb 1996 『国民のみなさまにお伝えしたいこと ホンネで語る政治学』 (Things I want to get across to the people - politics spoken with sincerity), PHP研究所、 Dec 2004 『私は、産みたい』 (I want to give birth) 新潮社、 May 2005 『だれが未来を奪うのか 少子化と闘う』 (Who is taking away our future - fighting the declining birthrate), 講談社、 Co-authored Oct 2001 『ポストITは日本が勝つ！ トップランナー7人の提言』 (Japan will win the post-IT era! - proposals of seven leading figures), （杉山知之編）、アスキー、 Mar 2005 『よくわかる改正児童買春・児童ポルノ禁止法』 (Easy-to-understand guide to the revised child prostitution/pornography law), （森山眞弓と共編）ぎょうせい、 Related links Politics of Japan Cabinet of Japan References External links Seiko Noda's mail magazine (back issues) (Japanese) 1960 births 21st-century Japanese politicians 21st-century Japanese