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TOMOMI INADA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 16, 2016
Inada meets Carter during Washington visit
New Defense Minister Tomomi Inada's finds common ground with her U.S. counterpart during her first visit to Washington.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2016
Defense Minister cancels South Sudan trip following reaction to anti-malarial drugs
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada has canceled her planned visit to South Sudan on Saturday due to an allergic reaction to anti-malarial medication, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2016
Japan's new defense chief to visit U.S., South Sudan
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada will visit the United States to hold talks with her U.S. counterpart Ashton Carter on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 8, 2016
Inada to visit Okinawa amid ongoing tensions over U.S. bases
Tomomi Inada is set to make her first visit to Okinawa as defense minister on Saturday amid escalating tensions between Tokyo and Naha over the contentious issue of U.S. military bases on the island.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2016
Inada may visit South Sudan to check SDF security situation
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada is considering visiting conflict-torn South Sudan this month to examine the area where the Self-Defense Forces deploy for U.N. peacekeeping operations, a government source said.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2016
Inada to visit U.S. in mid-September for meeting with Pentagon chief
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada plans to visit the United States in mid-September to meet with Pentagon chief Ash Carter and affirm their cooperation based on Japan's new security legislation, according to a government source.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2016
SDF get green light to train for new peacekeeping roles
The Self-Defense Forces are given the green light to train for new duties added under security legislation introduced last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2016
Inada visits U.S. aircraft carrier, inspects MSDF base in Yokosuka
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visited the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka on Tuesday and went aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan in a show of close ties between the two allies amid China's increasingly assertive maritime activities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2016
Forgoing visit, Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine on war anniversary
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe avoids visiting the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine and instead dispatches a proxy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 12, 2016
Overseas trip to forestall annual visit to Yasukuni by new defense chief Inada
Despite much speculation, new defense chief Tomomi Inada probably won't visit problematic Yasukuni Shrine on Japan's surrender anniversary and will instead catch a flight to Djibouti.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 5, 2016
China slams Japan's defense minister for ducking Nanking Massacre questions
China on Friday accused Japan's new defense minister of recklessly misrepresenting history after she declined to say whether Japanese troops massacred civilians in China during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW
Aug 4, 2016
Japan's new defense chief dodges questions on Yasukuni, reverses position on nuclear weapons
Newly appointed Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Thursday refused to clarify her position on sensitive historical issues, insisting she is "not in a position" to express her views on Japan's wars against China and the Allied powers in the 1930s and '40s.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2016
Abe's pick of nationalistic Inada as defense chief riles China
China's state-run media has slammed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's choice of right-leaning nationalist Tomomi Inada as the country's new defense minister.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2016
Abe's defense minister pick sparks concern over relations with South Korea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's choice for the key post of defense minister, Tomomi Inada, is a politician known for her strong nationalistic views.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 3, 2016
With Cabinet shake-up, Abe lays groundwork for future of LDP
The reshuffle signals the start of a political race to determine a critical question: Who will take the reins of power after Abe?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2016
As LDP set for election victory, policy chief Inada calls for changing pacifist Constitution
The Liberal Democratic Party's policy chief on Sunday called for changing the nation's pacifist Constitution after the ruling coalition won a landslide victory in the Upper House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2016
Influential LDP official Tomomi Inada says Abe could still be prime minister for 2019 tax hike
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could still be leading the country in October 2019, the new date he set last week for increasing the consumption tax rate, according to Tomomi Inada, chairwoman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2016
LDP policy head Inada visits Yasukuni Shrine
Tomomi Inada, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, the anniversary of the restoration of sovereignty after World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2015
Abe's WWII remarks likely to reflect view that 'comfort women' rights were violated
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II will likely reflect his view that the human rights of "comfort women" were violated, according to the policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2014
New Cabinet ministers' pasts coming back to haunt Abe
One week after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet with an eye to the future, the past is coming back to haunt him: Revelations of controversial past statements and actions by his newly appointed ministers are drawing criticism abroad.

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