| Kaneko Yasushi | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications |
| Primeminister: | Fumio Kishida |
| Term Start: | 4 October 2021 |
| Term End: | 10 August 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Ryota Takeda |
| Successor: | Minoru Terada |
| Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency1: | Kumamoto 5th (2000–2017) Kumamoto 4th (2017–present) |
| Term Start1: | 25 June 2000 |
| Predecessor1: | Masayoshi Yagami |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Kuma, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Waseda University |
is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from October 2021 to August 2022. He is serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
A native of Kuma District, Kumamoto and graduate of Waseda University, Kaneko was elected for the first time in 2000 as an independent. He later joined the LDP.
His profile on the LDP website:[1]
Kaneko is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[2] and a member of the following right-wing groups at the Diet:
Kaneko gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:[3]
In September 2002, it was reported that Kaneko had received a total of 10.4 million yen through a series of three transfers from the office of at the time LDP Secretary General Taku Yamasaki between October and December 2000. At that time, Kaneko was still an independent lawmaker, barred from receiving corporate donations. This money was donated by 36 builders near the planned Kawabe Dam project in the Kumamoto Prefecture, and transferred to Kaneko, who supported the project.[4]