Tomomi Inada

Tomomi Inada is one of the hardest Japanese politicians to file neatly. A lawyer and tax accountant from Fukui before she entered politics, she rose quickly under Shinzo Abe and became Minister of Defense, then resigned in 2017 over the mishandled South Sudan peacekeeping logs. For years she was treated as the standard-bearer of the party's right wing and a plausible candidate to become Japan's first female prime minister. What interests me more is the later turn: her push for legislation promoting understanding of sexual minorities put her at odds with the very conservatives who once claimed her as their own. Conviction or repositioning, I honestly cannot tell yet.

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Name (English)

Tomomi Inada

Name (Japanese)

稲田朋美

Reading

いなだ ともみ

Born

February 20, 1959 (age 67)

Origin

Imadate, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

politician / lawyer / tax advisor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

University

Waseda University

• Official sitehttps://www.inada-tomomi.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tomomiinada/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomomi%20Inada
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%B2%E7%94%B0%E6%9C%8B%E7%BE%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1654408

Tags

• Fukui Prefecture
• politician
• lawyer
• tax advisor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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