Yūji Yamamoto

Yuji Yamamoto (山本 有二, Yamamoto Yūji, born May 11, 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Yuji Yamamoto
山本 有二
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
In office 3 August 2016 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Hiroshi Moriyama
Succeeded by	Ken Saitō
Minister of State for Financial Services
In office 26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Kaoru Yosano
Succeeded by	Yoshimi Watanabe
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 February 1990
Constituency	Kōchi at-large district (1990-1996) Kōchi 3rd district (1996-2014) Kōchi 2nd district (2014-2017) Shikoku-PR-block (2017-present)
Personal details
Born	(1952-05-11) 11 May 1952 Ochi, Takaoka District, Kōchi, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Waseda University

A native of Kōchi Prefecture and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the Kōchi Prefectural Assembly in 1985 (serving for one term) and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. Yamamoto is currently Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Abe cabinet.

Trans-Pacific Partnership

Yamamoto said during a speech at a fundraising party in support of Tsutomu Sato, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Diet affairs chief, that “Sato will decide whether or not we’ll force the passage [of the Trans-Pacific Partnership". Within days, Yamamoto withdrew the remarks and apologized. However, the four main opposition parties pressed for his resignation over the comment.

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