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稲田 朋美 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Inada in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 3 August 2016 – 28 July 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gen Nakatani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Fumio Kishida (Acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the House of Representatives from the 1st Fukui Prefecture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 12 September 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Isao Matsumiya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 78,969 (50.00%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Tomomi Tsubakihara 20 February 1959 Echizen, Fukui, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Ryuji Inada (m. 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Waseda University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomomi Inada (稲田 朋美, Inada Tomomi, born 20 February 1959) is a Japanese lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, representing the 1st Fukui Prefecture since September 2005. She previously served as the 14th Japanese Minister of Defense from August 2016 to July 2017, resigning in response to a cover up scandal within the Japanese Ministry of Defense. She spent time as the Chairwoman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party in her fourth term as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). She is a native of Fukui Prefecture.
She expresses skepticism that comfort women, forced prostitutes for Japan in World War II, were compelled to work.[2][3] She also does not accept the international consensus on the number of deaths of the Nanjing Massacre.[2][4] She was implicated in the 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal for over failing to record over 820,000 yen, but denied any responsibility for the scandal.[5]
- ^ Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Tomomi INADA Retrieved on 6 October 2015
- ^ a b Parry, Richard Lloyd (3 August 2016). "Right wing woman takes Japan's top defence job". Weekend Australian. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Japan's defense minister ducks questions on war aggression, Nanjing massacre". Reuters. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "China slams Japan minister for ducking Nanjing massacre questions". Arab News. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "稲田朋美氏、還流８２万円を不記載…「パーティー券の管理口座を把握してなかった」". 20 January 2024.