Domoto Akiko has received numerous honorary awards as a journalist, including the Japanese Newspaper Association Award, Broadcasting Culture Foundation Award, Communal Broadcasting Award. She was an Upper House Member of the National Diet 1989 ~ 2001 and was involved in the council and planning of various laws, such as the Basic Environment Law, Convention on Biological Diversity, NPO Law, Access to Government Information Act and Long-Term Care Insurance Act etc. She participated in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (also known as Rio Summit) in 1992, and became the Prefectural Governor of Chiba Prefecture in 2001 for 8 years. She is currently the Representative of the Network for Gender Equality and Disaster Recovery, advocating for the correction of laws and conventions regarding disasters from the perspective of gender equality.
