Tsuda College
Madoka was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa and grew up in Yao, Osaka and Takamatsu, Kagawa. She graduated from Tsuda College in 1969, and worked in the editorial department of the English-language newspaper "The Japan Times" and as a freelance journalist and author, particularly focusing on women and family issues. Her efforts also made her prominent as a television commentator.