Tomoko Tamura

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Tomoko Tamura
田村 智子
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Tamura in 2016
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
12 July 2010
ConstituencyNational
Personal details
Born (1965-07-04) July 4, 1965 (age 56)
Komoro, Nagano, Japan[1]
Political partyJapanese Communist Party

Tomoko Tamura (Japanese: 田村 智子, born 4 July 1965) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Councillors. She was elected in 2010 and again in 2016 for the National party list block.[2]

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Tenure[]

She criticized former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's female cabinet picks, saying that they were performative instead of advancing women's empowerment.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "日本共産党 参議院議員 田村智子 | 文房具店の娘" (in Japanese).
  2. ^ "Ms. TAMURA Tomoko".
  3. ^ "Women Abe Selected for his New Cabinet is "Performance for Public Consumption"". 22 September 2014.


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