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Yoshio Yatsu | |
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谷津 義男 | |
 Official portrait, 1999 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 26 April 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Yoichi Tani |
| Succeeded by | Tsutomu Takebe |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 30 March 1992 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Masaaki Kakinuma |
| Constituency | Gunma 2nd (1992–1996) Gunma 3rd (1996–2009) |
| In office 8 July 1986 – 24 January 1990 | |
| Constituency | Gunma 2nd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1934 Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan |
| Died | 3 June 2021 (aged 86) Tatebayash, Gunma, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Hosei University |
Yoshio Yatsu (谷津 義男, Yatsu Yoshio, July 23, 1934 – June 3, 2021) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tatebayashi, Gunma and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Gunma Prefecture in 1975 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in the same year. From 2000 to 2001 he served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.