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Jane Yumiko Ittogi is the wife of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. A lawyer by training, Ittogi left the legal practice to support the local arts and education scenes and engage in community work.
Tharman is married to Jane Yumiko Ittogi, a Singaporean lawyer of Chinese–Japanese descent. She is actively engaged in social enterprise and the non-profit arts sector in Singapore. The couple have one daughter and three sons together.
- She doesn’t speak Japanese. From her name, Jane Yumiko Ittogi, one would probably assume she’s fluent in Japanese. She may be learning a few phrases here and there, but she doesn’t actually speak the language.
- She comes from a Japanese-Singaporean-Chinese family. That’s not to say that she doesn’t have Japanese blood. Ms. Ittogi comes from a Japanese and Singaporean-Chinese family.
- She worked as a lawyer. Ms. Ittogi is a lawyer by training. She completed her Master of Laws degree at the London School of Economics. That’s where she met Tharman, who enrolled in the university a few years later.
- She was a writer at The Straits Times. Besides being a lawyer, Jane Ittogi also has a creative side. She was a feature and lead writer for The Strait Times for a few years in the ’80s.
- She does not speak Japanese. Despite her Japanese name, Ittogi does not speak Japanese, said Tharman: "... when we go to hawker centres in other parts of the island, someone will occasionally come up to her to practise their Japanese: O genki desu ka?
- Lived in Singapore since she was three. Ittogi is one of four children born to a Japanese father and a Singaporean Chinese mother. She has lived in Singapore since she was three.
- Lawyer by training. The pair met in the London School of Economics. She had just completed her Masters of Law, while Tharman was about to embark on his Bachelor of Science in Economics.
Jane Yumiko Ittogi is the spouse of the ninth President of Singapore, after her husband Tharman Shanmugaratnam won the 2023 presidential election with 70% of the valid votes.
Sep 2, 2023 · Tharman Shanmugaratnam, president-elect, and his wife Jane Yumiko Ittogi leave a polling station during the presidential election in Singapore. Bloomberg. The National. Sep 02, 2023.
Jul 26, 2023 · Former Senior Minister and presidential hopeful Tharman Shanmugaratnam shares a part of his life story with his wife, Jane Yumiko Ittogi.
