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| name = Tomoko Tamura
| name = Tomoko Tamura
| native_name = {{nobold|田村 智子}}
| native_name = {{nobold|田村 智子}}
| image = Tomoko Tamura 20230320teigen01.jpg
| image = Tomoko Tamura 2024-10-26(4) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Tamura in 2023
| caption = Tamura in 2024
| office = Chair of the [[Japanese Communist Party]]
| office = [[Chairperson of the Japanese Communist Party|Chairwoman of the Japanese Communist Party]]
| term_start = 18 January 2024
| term_start = 18 January 2024
| term_end =
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Kazuo Shii]]
| predecessor = [[Kazuo Shii]]
| successor =
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the [[House of Councillors]]
| office1 = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]
| term_start1 = 12 July 2010
| term_start1 = 27 October 2024
| term_end1 =
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = [[Japanese House of Councillors national proportional representation block| National PR]]
| constituency1 = [[Tokyo proportional representation block|Tokyo PR block]]
| party = [[Japanese Communist Party]]
| party = [[Japanese Communist Party]] (since 1985)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|4}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|4}}
| birth_place = [[Komoro, Nagano|Komoro]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], [[Japan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamura-jcp.info/profile/2010/0701153221|title=日本共産党 参議院議員 田村智子 ｜ 文房具店の娘|language=japanese}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Komoro, Nagano|Komoro]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], [[Japan]]
| children = 2
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[Waseda University]]
| office2 = Member of the [[House of Councillors]]
| termstart2 = 12 July 2010
| termend2 = 15 October 2024
| constituency2 = [[Japanese House of Councillors national proportional representation block| National PR]]
}}
}}
'''{{Nihongo|Tomoko Tamura|田村 智子||lead=yes|born 4 July 1965}}''' is a Japanese politician who is the current chairperson of the [[Japanese Communist Party]] (JCP). She is a JCP member to the [[House of Councillors]], having been elected in [[2010 Japanese House of Councillors election|2010]] and again in [[2016 Japanese House of Councillors election|2016]] for the [[Japanese House of Councillors national proportional representation block|National party list]] block.<ref name="profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7010031.htm|title=Ms. TAMURA Tomoko}}</ref>
'''{{Nihongo|Tomoko Tamura|田村 智子||lead=yes|born 4 July 1965}}''' is a Japanese politician who is the current [[Chairperson of the Japanese Communist Party|chairwoman of the Japanese Communist Party]] (JCP). She was a member of the [[House of Councillors]] from 2010 to 2024.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Tamura was born July 4, 1965 to parents who owned a stationery shop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamura-jcp.info/oldsite/prf_01.htm
Tamura was born on July 4, 1965, in [[Komoro, Nagano|Komoro]], [[Nagano Prefecture]], to parents who owned a stationery shop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamura-jcp.info/profile/2010/0701153221|title=日本共産党 参議院議員 田村智子 ｜ 文房具店の娘|language=japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamura-jcp.info/oldsite/prf_01.htm
|title=文房具屋の娘|date=2001}}</ref> In college at [[Waseda University]], after a series of protests and strikes against an increase in tuition, she joined the [[Democratic Youth League of Japan]], the youth wing of the Japanese Communist Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamura-jcp.info/archives/57
|title=文房具屋の娘|date=2001}}</ref> While attending [[Waseda University]], after a series of protests and strikes against an increase in tuition, she joined the [[Democratic Youth League of Japan]], the youth wing of the Japanese Communist Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamura-jcp.info/archives/57
|title=早稲田大学で学費値上げ反対のストライキを体験|date=2014}}</ref>
|title=早稲田大学で学費値上げ反対のストライキを体験|date=2014}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
After she graduated, she took full time employment with the [[Democratic Youth League of Japan]], organizing anti-war protests and pro-peace rallies. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamura-jcp.info/oldsite/prf_06.htm
After she graduated, she took full time employment with the [[Democratic Youth League of Japan]], organizing anti-war protests and pro-peace rallies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamura-jcp.info/oldsite/prf_06.htm
|title=民青同盟の専従として活動|date=2014}}</ref> From 1995, she had switched to the main Japanese Communist Party and worked as the secretary and deputy secretary respectively for House of Representative members Ikuko Ishii and Mito Inoue. She ran unsuccessfully for the House of Councilors in 1998, 2001, and 2007, and for the House of Representatives in 2005. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tamura-jcp.info/oldsite/profile.htm
|title=民青同盟の専従として活動|date=2014}}</ref> From 1995, she had switched to the main Japanese Communist Party and worked as the secretary and deputy secretary respectively for House of Representative members [[Ikuko Ishii]] and Miyo Inoue. She ran unsuccessfully for the House of Councilors in 1998, 2001, and 2007, and for the House of Representatives in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tamura-jcp.info/oldsite/profile.htm |title=Tomoko Tamura Profile|date= 2001}}</ref>

|title=Tomoko Tamura Profile|date= 2001}}</ref>
===Tenure===
===Tenure===
Tamura was successfully elected to the House of Councilors in the 2010 election.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tamura-jcp.info/oldsite/profile.htm
Tamura was first elected to the House of Councilors in the [[2010 Japanese House of Councillors election|2010 election]], for the [[Japanese House of Councillors national proportional representation block|National party list]] block, and was subsequently reelected in [[2016 Japanese House of Councillors election|2016]] and [[2022 Japanese House of Councillors election|2022]].<ref name="profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7010031.htm|title=Ms. TAMURA Tomoko}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tamura-jcp.info/oldsite/profile.htm
|title=Tomoko Tamura Profile|date= 2001}}</ref>
|title=Tomoko Tamura Profile|date= 2001}}</ref>
Before becoming the party's leader, she served as the vice chair of the executive committee and the chair of the policy committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15118159
Before becoming the party's leader, she served as the vice chair of the executive committee and the chair of the policy committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15118159
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On January 18, 2024, she replaced [[Kazuo Shii]] as chair of the Japan Communist Party. She became the party's first female chair in history.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 January 2024 |title= 共産党の新委員長に田村智子氏、23年ぶり交代　志位氏は議長に就任|work=[[The Asahi Shimbun]]|url=https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASS1L4RS0S1LUTFK00H.html|access-date= 18 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=18 January 2024 |title= 共産党委員長に田村智子氏　23年ぶり交代、志位氏は議長|work=[[The Nikkei]]|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA1694K0W4A110C2000000/|access-date= 18 January 2024}}</ref> Tamura was selected to replace Shii after he was caught in a scandal after expelling two members of the [[Japanese Communist Party]] who had called for the democratic election of the party's leadership by party members. Tamura's selection has been viewed by some as an attempt to repair the Communist Party's image in this scandal's wake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15119373
On January 18, 2024, she replaced [[Kazuo Shii]] as chair of the Japan Communist Party. She became the party's first female chair in history.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 January 2024 |title= 共産党の新委員長に田村智子氏、23年ぶり交代　志位氏は議長に就任|work=[[The Asahi Shimbun]]|url=https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASS1L4RS0S1LUTFK00H.html|access-date= 18 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=18 January 2024 |title= 共産党委員長に田村智子氏　23年ぶり交代、志位氏は議長|work=[[The Nikkei]]|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA1694K0W4A110C2000000/|access-date= 18 January 2024}}</ref> Tamura was selected to replace Shii after he was caught in a scandal after expelling two members of the [[Japanese Communist Party]] who had called for the democratic election of the party's leadership by party members. Tamura's selection has been viewed by some as an attempt to repair the Communist Party's image in this scandal's wake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15119373
|title= JCP needs more than leadership change to gain public support |date= January 19, 2024}}</ref>
|title= JCP needs more than leadership change to gain public support |date= January 19, 2024}}</ref>

Tamura stood for the [[2024 Japanese general election|October 2024 House of Representatives election]] as the top candidate on the Communist Party list for the [[Tokyo proportional representation block]]. She thus automatically lost her seat in the House of Councillors when the election was officially announced.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2024 |title=参院議員７人、自動失職　衆院選くら替え出馬で【２４衆院選】 |url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2024101500895 |website=Jiji.com |publisher=Jiji Press |language=ja |access-date=26 October 2024}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 23:55, 1 November 2024

For the Japanese table tennis player, see Tomoko Tamura (table tennis).

Tomoko Tamura
田村 智子
Tamura in 2024
Chairwoman of the Japanese Communist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 January 2024
Preceded byKazuo Shii
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 October 2024
ConstituencyTokyo PR block
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
12 July 2010 – 15 October 2024
Constituency National PR
Personal details
Born (1965-07-04) July 4, 1965 (age 59)
Komoro, Nagano, Japan
Political partyJapanese Communist Party (since 1985)
Children2
Alma materWaseda University

Tomoko Tamura (Japanese: 田村 智子, born 4 July 1965) is a Japanese politician who is the current chairwoman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP). She was a member of the House of Councillors from 2010 to 2024.

Early life

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Tamura was born on July 4, 1965, in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, to parents who owned a stationery shop.[1][2] While attending Waseda University, after a series of protests and strikes against an increase in tuition, she joined the Democratic Youth League of Japan, the youth wing of the Japanese Communist Party.[3]

Political career

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After she graduated, she took full time employment with the Democratic Youth League of Japan, organizing anti-war protests and pro-peace rallies.[4] From 1995, she had switched to the main Japanese Communist Party and worked as the secretary and deputy secretary respectively for House of Representative members Ikuko Ishii and Miyo Inoue. She ran unsuccessfully for the House of Councilors in 1998, 2001, and 2007, and for the House of Representatives in 2005.[5]

Tenure

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Tamura was first elected to the House of Councilors in the 2010 election, for the National party list block, and was subsequently reelected in 2016 and 2022.[6][7] Before becoming the party's leader, she served as the vice chair of the executive committee and the chair of the policy committee.[8] She criticized former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's female cabinet picks, saying that they were performative instead of advancing women's empowerment.[9] She also criticized Abe over his involvement in the cherry blossom scandal.[10]

Chairman

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On January 18, 2024, she replaced Kazuo Shii as chair of the Japan Communist Party. She became the party's first female chair in history.[11][12] Tamura was selected to replace Shii after he was caught in a scandal after expelling two members of the Japanese Communist Party who had called for the democratic election of the party's leadership by party members. Tamura's selection has been viewed by some as an attempt to repair the Communist Party's image in this scandal's wake.[13]

Tamura stood for the October 2024 House of Representatives election as the top candidate on the Communist Party list for the Tokyo proportional representation block. She thus automatically lost her seat in the House of Councillors when the election was officially announced.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "日本共産党 参議院議員 田村智子 ｜ 文房具店の娘" (in Japanese).
  2. ^ "文房具屋の娘". 2001.
  3. ^ "早稲田大学で学費値上げ反対のストライキを体験". 2014.
  4. ^ "民青同盟の専従として活動". 2014.
  5. ^ "Tomoko Tamura Profile". 2001.
  6. ^ "Ms. TAMURA Tomoko".
  7. ^ "Tomoko Tamura Profile". 2001.
  8. ^ "Shii steps down as Communist Party head after 23 years". 18 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Women Abe Selected for his New Cabinet is "Performance for Public Consumption"". 22 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Japanese Communist Party appoints first female leader". NHK. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  11. ^ "共産党の新委員長に田村智子氏、23年ぶり交代　志位氏は議長に就任". The Asahi Shimbun. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  12. ^ "共産党委員長に田村智子氏　23年ぶり交代、志位氏は議長". The Nikkei. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  13. ^ "JCP needs more than leadership change to gain public support". 19 January 2024.
  14. ^ "参院議員７人、自動失職　衆院選くら替え出馬で【２４衆院選】". Jiji.com (in Japanese). Jiji Press. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.


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