Tadashi Inuzuka is a Japanese policy advocate and former legislator known for his work on nuclear disarmament and regional security in Northeast Asia. Born in 1954 in Tokyo, he holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Rikkyo University and an MBA from the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management. He served as a Member of Japan’s House of Councillors from 2004 to 2010, representing the Nagasaki constituency, where he sat on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and the Special Committee on Official Development Assistance. During his time in the Diet he helped coordinate Japan’s 2007 ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Inuzuka is a leading proponent of a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone, advancing a comprehensive three-plus-three framework in which Japan, South Korea, and North Korea would form a non-nuclear zone backed by security assurances from the United States, China, and Russia. He has promoted this proposal through parliamentary networks, including the launch of Parliamentarians for 3+3, and through publications for the World Federalist Movement, Institute for Global Policy. He joined the WFM/IGP Executive Committee in 2018 and later served as a Co-President of the organization. Beyond his policy work, he has held leadership and advisory roles with international relations and finance organizations and runs business interests in Japan. He writes and speaks regularly on building common security in Northeast Asia and on the role of global governance in achieving the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
