continued to advocate for reforms affecting women's rights and family planning. Katō championed many causes during this time, including birth control legislation, the abolition of the feudal family code, the establishment of the Women's and Minors Bureau of the Department of Labor, and environmental issues. She was also helped to establish the Family Planning Federation of Japan, which works to achieve "a society where everyone in the country can have access to voluntary reproductive health services". Honors Even after Katō retired from politics, she continued her political activism. She continued to lecture on feminist issues, as well as continued to chair the Family Planning Federation of Japan. In 1988, Katō received the United Nations Population Award. In 1996, The Katō Shizdue Award was established by Dr. Attiya Inayatullah to commemorate her work. The Katō Shizue Award "targets women's groups, women's organizations and/or individual women who are active in the movement toward improvement of sexual and reproductive health/rights of women as well as empowerment of women (i.e., social, economic, political and legal empowerment) in developing countries and/or in Japan." Death and legacy Shidzue Katō died December 22, 2001 at the age of 104. In an obituary at the Web site of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the writer noted that her efforts "have continued to bear fruits for Japanese society, bringing down the number of abortions, infant mortality, and maternal death rates, while increasing contraceptive usage to 80 percent. Japan's family planning model has been so successful that it attracts attention from other countries as a working model." Works Facing Two Ways: The Story of My Life, published by Farrar and Rinehard (New York, NY), 1935. An edited version for children called East Way, West Way: A Modern Japanese Girlhood, illustrated by Fuji Nakamizo, was published by Farrar and Rinehard (New York, NY), in 1936. Straight Road, 1956. Katō Shizue Hyakusai, c. 1997. References Further reading - Discusses Katō's role in a dispute between the ambassador and Sanger Japanese women activists Japanese birth control activists Japanese centenarians Japanese feminists Female members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Female members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) 1897 births 2001 deaths Members of the House of Representatives (Empire of Japan) Social Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Japanese socialist feminists 20th-century Japanese women politicians Women centenarians Japanese women writers Japanese writers