James Tanaka

General Information
Tony Bradbury is a Dranian politician of the right-wing Grand National Party currently serving as Minister of Defence.

Life and Politics
After a term in the military, where he earned the rank of a lieutenant colonel, from 3355 to 3365, Tanaka first entered politics when he won a seat in the federal Parliament for his hometown Soyolango. Seven years later, he succeeded Sosuke Mori, who would later go on to become President of Dranland, as the GNP's parliamentary group leader. Tanaka, who is of Kyo descent like his predecessor, is considered a social moderate with and staunch conservative on fiscal and economic issues, as can be seen by a comment he once made in an interview saying that "the welfare state inevitably leads to an erosion of moral integrity of the people". He is a faithful believer in Daenism and even once funded the establishment of a monastery for the Daenist/Kyo community in Magadonia.

After successfully managing the GNP's electoral campaigns in 3374 and 3375, Tanaka was rewarded with the office of Minister of Defence in the three-way coalition of Prime Minister John Morrison (PP) that took power in May 3378.