Photo taken in November 2010 in Tokyo shows Japan's former House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi. The actress-turned-lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, whose real name was Hiroko Hayashi, died of cancer on March 9, 2023, at age 89. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

TOKYO - Chikage Ogi, an actor-turned-lawmaker who became the first female chief of Japan's House of Councillors, has died. She was 89.