Takashi Yamashita

Takashi Yamashita is the kind of politician I actually find myself respecting, even if he's not the type who generates tabloid heat. A prosecutor turned lawyer turned Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker from Kagawa, he took the long, disciplined route — Tokyo University, the public prosecutor's office, then the halls of the Diet — and that background shows in how he carries himself: methodical, low on bluster, high on process. He was appointed Minister of Justice in Shinzo Abe's cabinet in 2018, which, given that prosecutors rarely become rockstars, is about as high-profile as his lane gets. Not flashy, not Twitter-famous, but in a political landscape full of noise, there's something quietly refreshing about a guy who came up knowing exactly how the law actually works from the inside.

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Takashi Yamashita is a Japanese politician, lawyer, and former prosecutor born on September 8, 1965, in Kagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the University of Tokyo and built a career spanning law enforcement, legal practice, and national politics.

Name (English)

Takashi Yamashita

Name (Japanese)

山下貴司

Reading

やました たかし

Born

September 8, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician / Lawyer / Prosecutor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

University

University of Tokyo

• Official sitehttps://yamashita-takashi.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/toppayamashita/
• Xhttps://x.com/YAMASHITA_OK
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E8%B2%B4%E5%8F%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11466071

Tags

• From Kagawa Prefecture
• Politician
• Lawyer
• Prosecutor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.