Mitsu Kōro

Mitsu Kōro (; 10 May 1893 – 28 December 1980) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946. Aside from a brief spell in 1947, she served continuously in parliament until 1968.

Biography Kōro was born in in Gunma Prefecture in 1893. She attended Kanda Girl's High School in Tokyo, She subsequently joined the Liberal Party. Although she lost her seat in the April 1947 general election, she returned to parliament after winning a seat in the August 1947 House of Councillors by-elections.

Kōro was subsequently re-elected in 1950 as a National Democratic Party candidate, and in 1956 and 1962 as a Liberal Democratic Party candidate, serving until 1968. She also served as Deputy Secretary of State for Health and Welfare in the second Ichiro Hatoyama cabinet in 1955. In 1965 she was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown.

She died in 1980.