Takashi Yamashita

Takashi Yamashita
山下 貴司
Official portrait, 2017
Minister of Justice
In office
2 October 2018  11 September 2019
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byYōko Kamikawa
Succeeded byKatsuyuki Kawai
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
16 December 2012
Preceded byKeisuke Tsumura
ConstituencyOkayama 2nd
Personal details
Born (1965-09-08) 8 September 1965
Okayama, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
EducationUniversity of Tokyo
Columbia Law School

Takashi Yamashita (山下 貴司, Yamashita Takashi; born 8 September 1965) is a Japanese prosecutor and politician who has served in the House of Representatives since 2012. He was Minister of Justice from 2018 to 2019.