Ichita Yamamoto

Ichita Yamamoto
山本一太
Official portrait
Governor of Gunma Prefecture
Assumed office
28 July 2019
Preceded byMasaaki Ōsawa
Member of the House of Councillors
for Gunma's At-large district
In office
27 July 1995 – 4 July 2019
Preceded byGiichi Tsunoda
Tomio Yamamoto
Succeeded byMasato Shimizu
Personal details
Born (1958-01-24) 24 January 1958 (age 66)
Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (1995–2019)
Alma materChuo University
Georgetown University

Ichita Yamamoto (山本 一太, Yamamoto Ichita, born 24 January 1958 in Kusatsu, Gunma) is a Japanese politician who has been the governor of Gunma Prefecture since July 2019. He was a neoconservative member of the House of Councillors in Japan. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served as the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs from 2012 to 2019 on the second Abe cabinet.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet".
  2. ^ "Ruling coalition-backed Ichita Yamamoto wins Gunma governor race". The Japan Times. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2021.