Minoru Yanagida | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Minister of Justice |
Primeminister: | Naoto Kan |
Term Start: | 17 September 2010 |
Term End: | 22 November 2010 |
Predecessor: | Keiko Chiba |
Successor: | Yoshito Sengoku |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1954 |
Birth Place: | Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo |
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kagoshima, Kagoshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after serving in the House of Representatives for two terms since 1990.