Taku Yamamoto

Taku Yamamoto (山本 拓, Yamamoto Taku, born 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sabae, Fukui and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukui Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. After losing his seat in 1996, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Fukui Prefecture in 1999. He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 2003.

Personal life

He married Sanae Takaichi, a fellow member of the House of Representatives, in 2004. They agreed to a divorce in July 2017, with Takaichi citing differing political views and aspirations as the reason for the divorce.[1] His eldest son serves as a prefectural assembly member in Fukui.

References
  1. "高市総務相「仮面夫婦」だった自民党の山本拓衆院議員と離婚 〈週刊朝日〉". AERA dot. (アエラドット) (in Japanese). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
Toshio Kojima		 Chair, Lower House Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
2007–2008		 Succeeded by
Takuji Yanagimoto
Preceded by
Yuji Yamamoto		 Chair, Lower House Committee on Discipline
2012		 Succeeded by
Shoichi Kondo
Preceded by
Okiharu Yasuoka		 Chair, Lower House Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
2012–2014		 Succeeded by
Katsuei Hirasawa
Preceded by
Okiharu Yasuoka		 Chair, Lower House Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law
2014–2016		 Succeeded by
Koichi Yamamoto
Political offices
Preceded by
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, Issui Miura		 Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2006–2007
Served alongside: Masayuki Kunii		 Succeeded by
Masahiro Imamura, Hiromi Iwanaga


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