Tomomi Inada

is a Japanese lawyer and politician. She has been a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, representing the 1st Fukui Prefecture since September 2005. 
She was the 14th Japanese Minister of Defense from August 2016 to July 2017. 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.