福田衣里子議員が英ガーディアン紙で紹介

▽The Guardian
Female empowerment: How women are changing the face of Japanese politics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/25/eriko-fukuda-japan-women-politics
But Fukuda bristles at the suggestion that she and her colleagues will act as an unofficial bloc, seeking Ozawa's mandate at every turn: "I certainly don't want us to be thought of as a group," she says. "We can co-operate and at the same time prove ourselves as individuals.

※肝炎にかかってから、出馬、選挙戦、当選に至るまでが紹介され、「小沢ガールズ」と呼ばれていることについては、上記のように反論しています。また、記事中で、田中美絵子議員の過去が取り沙汰されたことも紹介されています。

Other members of the new intake have made awkward forays into public life. The tabloid press worked itself into a lather over the colourful past of Mieko Tanaka, a 33-year-old DPJ politician whose resume includes a semi-nude appearance in the cult horror flick, Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf, and a stint as a journalist on the sex industry beat.