Shinji Yoshino

Shinji Yoshino
吉野 信次
Shinji Yoshino in 1956
Minister of Transport
In office
22 November 1955  23 December 1956
Prime MinisterIchirō Hatoyama
Preceded byTakeo Miki
Succeeded byTaneo Miyazawa
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
4 June 1937  26 May 1938
Prime MinisterFumimaro Konoe
Preceded byTakuo Godō
Succeeded byShigeaki Ikeda
Personal details
Born(1888-09-17)September 17, 1888
Ōsaki, Miyagi, Japan
DiedMay 5, 1971(1971-05-05) (aged 82)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Shinji Yoshino (吉野 信次, Yoshino Shinji, 17 September 1888 – 5 May 1971) was a bureaucrat, politician, and cabinet minister in the government of the pre-war Empire of Japan, as well as in post-war Japan. He was the younger brother of political theorist Sakuzō Yoshino, a major proponent of Taishō democracy.