| Tomomi Inada 稲田朋美 |
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| Member of the House of Representatives of the 1st Fukui Prefecture | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Majority | 78,969 (50.00%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1959 Imadate |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Profession | lawyer |
Tomomi Inada (稲田 朋美 Inada Tomomi, born February 20, 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Imadate, Fukui.
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After graduating Waseda University in 1981, she became a lawyer in 1985. She first belonged to the Osaka bar association and belongs to Fukui bar association since 2008. She stands for the government in relation to the lawsuit relating to Yasukuni Shrine, and serves as an attorney for the plaintiff concerning the hyakunin-giri kyōsō as well as the commanders who fought in the Battle of Okinawa and a bereaved family suing Kenzaburō Ōe and Iwanami Shoten for their defamation of character towards the commanders .
On 15 August 2005 Inada was nominated as the official candidate of the LDP and run for the general election held on 11 September 2005. There she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time. In the Diet she served as a member of judicial committee, and special committee for the establishment of political moral and the amendment on the public officers election act. From January 2008 to Deccember 2008 she was also a member of the committee for General Affairs. At the 45th general election on 30 August 2009 she was elected to the House of Representatives for the second time.
She is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing" and has criticized the fact that the film Yasukuni received government funding. She belongs to the most conservative faction in the LDP.