Tomoko Yoshino

Tomoko Yoshino (芳野友子; born 1965 or 1966) is a Japanese trade unionist. She is the first female president of RENGO, Japan's largest labor organization. Career

Yoshino was born in 1965 or 1966. After high school, she started working at Juki, a company that makes sewing machines, in 1984. She was chosen for a two-year term. According to Yoshino, some of her male colleagues encouraged her not to take the job because "it was too difficult for a woman to handle the job in such a difficult time".

In her role as chief of RENGO, Yoshino's goals include improving gender equality and diversity as well as supporting casual workers.