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YAMASHITA Takashi

Minister of Justice

Date of Birth: September 8, 1965 
Place of Birth: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
(Elected 3 times)
Constituency: Okayama 2nd District
Education
March 1997 Graduated from Columbia Law School in New York (Fulbright Scholarship)  
March 1970 Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Faculty of Law) 
Career
October 2018 Minister of Justice   (The Fourth Reshuffled Abe Cabinet)
October 2017 Elected to the House of Reprsentatives (3rd time)
August 2017 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice and Cabinet Office (The Third Reshuffled Cabinet of The Third Abe Cabinet) (Until October 2017)
December 2014 Elected to the HR (2nd Time)
December 2012 Elected to the HR (1st Time)
October 2010 Ministry of Justice Member of Committee for Bar Examination (Until December 2012)
April 2010 Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Keio University (Part-time) (Until March 2011)
August 2008 Deputy Director,Senior Attorney, International Affairs Division, Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice (Until December 2010)
October 2005 Public Prosecutor  (Tokyo) (Until August 2008)
August 2005 Attorney of the Criminal Affairs Bureau (International investigation, Treaty negotiation), Ministry of Justice (Until 2005)
July 2002 First Secretary and Legal Counsel,  Embassy of Japan in the United States of America (Until August 2005)
April 2000 Attorney of the Criminal Affairs Bureau (International investigation, Treaty negotiation), Ministry of Justice (Until July 2002)
April 1992  Public Prosecutor (Tokyo, Tottori, Yokohama, Morioka )(until 2000)

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