Takashi Inoguchi

Takashi Inoguchi (猪口 孝, Inoguchi Takashi, 17 January 1944 – 27 November 2024) was a Japanese academic researcher of foreign affairs and international and global relationships of states.

He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1968 to 1974 and obtained a Ph.D. in political science.

Inoguchi was married to the academic and politician Kuniko Yokota, who he met while at Sophia University.

On the evening of 27 November 2024, a fire broke out inside the apartment building in Bunkyo, Tokyo where the Inoguchi family was living.

A large number of books in the apartment may have contributed to the fire spreading quickly.