Tomomi Inada

Tomomi Inada (February 20, 1959 -) is a Japanese female politician, lawyer, tax accountant, member of the Liberal Democratic Party (now part of the Abe faction), and the 15th Minister of Defense (Minister of Defense). She is the second woman in Japanese history to hold this post after Yuriko Koike. She was once a hawk in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet. She was known as the "female version of Abe" and was once regarded by the outside world as Shinzo Abe's successor. She was born in Imatate Town, Imatate County, Fukui Prefecture (now Echizen City). She has been elected to the Japanese House of Representatives for six consecutive terms since 2005.