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is a Japanese actress, social activist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2012 in Okinawa. It was Japan's first Miss International win in the 52-year history of the pageant. Yoshimatsu started the "STALKER-ZERO" campaign to introduce strict new laws to protect victims of stalking and intimidation in Japan, after becoming the first high-profile woman to go public with her own personal experience in an international press conference. Yoshimatsu's campaign broke all previous records for an online petition on Change.org (Japan) and she has become the voice of many Japanese women exposing and changing the "culture of silence" toward crimes against women. During an extended interview on CBS RADIO with American feminist Robin Morgan, Yoshimatsu expressed "embarrassment" and "outrage as a woman" when asked about Prime Minister Abe being pressured to rescind the "Kono" statement acknowledging and expressing regret over the forced use of "Comfort Women" (sex slaves) by the Japanese military during WWII.〔http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/04/10/2014041001401.html〕 Yoshimatsu is the founder of the Global Student Diplomacy Network (GSDN) a non-profit organization that connects public and private school classrooms around the world via video conference and promotes a curriculum of mutual respect, cultural acceptance, non-violence and conflict resolution while allowing children to learn from each other. She obtained a degree in education and international education at the University of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo, Japan. ==References== http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/reports/news/a29072/beauty-queen-ikumi-yoshimatsu-stalker/ http://news.yahoo.com/beauty-vs-japan-beasts-180000042--politics.html 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ikumi Yoshimatsu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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