Yoji Muto | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
Primeminister: | Shigeru Ishiba |
Term Start: | 1 October 2024 |
Predecessor: | Ken Saitō |
Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Constituency1: | Gifu 3rd |
Term Start1: | 18 December 2012 |
Predecessor1: | Yasuhiro Sonoda |
Constituency2: | Gifu 3rd |
Term Start2: | 12 September 2005 |
Term End2: | 21 July 2009 |
Predecessor2: | Kabun Mutō |
Successor2: | Yasuhiro Sonoda |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1955 |
Birth Place: | Gifu, Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Keio University |
Parents: | Kabun Mutō (father) |
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[1] A native of Gifu, Gifu and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House for the first time in 2005. His father is former foreign minister Kabun Muto, and his grandfather is former member of the House of Representatives Kaichi Muto. He served as state minister of economy, trade and industry.