Career
She is well known as the wife of a politician, as the spouse of Ichirō Hatoyama, who was the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10, 1954 through December 23, 1956. She was also known as the mother of Iichirō Hatoyama, who was Japan"s Foreign Minister from 1976 through 1977.