Yūji Yamamoto

Yuji Yamamoto is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal [Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party], who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
A native of Kōchi Prefecture and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the in 1985 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. Yamamoto later served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries in the Third Abe Cabinet.

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Trans-Pacific Partnership

During a speech at a fundraising event supporting Tsutomu Sato, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Diet affairs chief, Yamamoto said that “Sato will decide whether or not we’ll force the passage of the [Trans-Pacific Partnership". Within days, Yamamoto withdrew the remarks and apologized. However, the four main opposition parties pressed for his resignation over the comment.