Tomomi Inada

Tomomi Inada
Tomomi Inada
稲田朋美
	Inada in 2024
Minister of Defense
	In office; 3 August 2016 – 28 July 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Gen Nakatani
Succeeded by	Fumio Kishida (acting)
Prime Minister
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of Administrative Reform
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Katsuya Okada
Succeeded by	Haruko Arimura
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Katsuya Okada
Succeeded by	Haruko Arimura
Minister in charge of the Cool Japan Strategy
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Shunichi Yamaguchi
Minister in charge of the Challenge Again Initiative
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Shunichi Yamaguchi
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Haruko Arimura
Member of the House of Representatives; from Fukui 1st district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 September 2005
Preceded by	Isao Matsumiya
Majority	78,969 (50.00%)
Personal details
Born	Tomomi Tsubakihara; 20 February 1959 (age 66); Echizen, Fukui, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
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 House of Representatives, representing the 1st Fukui Prefecture since September 2005. She previously served as 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.^[1]^[2] She also does not accept the international consensus on the number of deaths of the Nanjing Massacre.^[1]^[3] 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.^[4]

^ ^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.

[:0-1] Parry, Richard Lloyd (3 August 2016). "Right wing woman takes Japan's top defence job". Weekend Australian. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[2] "Japan's defense minister ducks questions on war aggression, Nanjing massacre". Reuters. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[3] "China slams Japan minister for ducking Nanjing massacre questions". Arab News. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[4] "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.

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