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Koichi Yamamoto

Kōichi Yamamoto
山本 公一
Minister of Environment
Assumed office
3 August 2016
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe
Preceded by Tamayo Marukawa
Vice Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office
29 September 2004 – 21 September 2005
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by Hiroshi Imai
Succeeded by Yoshihide Suga
Personal details
Born (1947-09-04) September 4, 1947 (age 69)
Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Alma mater Keio University

Koichi Yamamoto (山本 公一 Yamamoto Kōichi?, born September 4, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

A native of Uwajima, Ehime and graduate of Keio University, Yamamoto is the son of Yuichi Yamamoto, the mayor of Uwajima, and a member of the House of Representatives.

Yamamoto was elected to his one term in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture in 1991 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993.

His profile on the LDP website:

Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, Yamamoto gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parlementarians in 2012:


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