Yoji Muto

Yoji Muto
武藤 容治
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Assumed office
1 October 2024
Prime MinisterShigeru Ishiba
Preceded byKen Saitō
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
18 December 2012
Preceded byYasuhiro Sonoda
ConstituencyGifu 3rd
In office
12 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byKabun Mutō
Succeeded byYasuhiro Sonoda
ConstituencyGifu 3rd
Personal details
Born
武藤 容治 (Mutō Yōji)

(1955-10-18) 18 October 1955 (age 69)
Gifu, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
ParentKabun Mutō (father)
Alma materKeio University

Yoji Muto (武藤 容治, Mutō Yōji, born 18 October 1955) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[1] A native of Gifu, Gifu and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House for the first time in 2005. His father is former foreign minister Kabun Muto, and his grandfather is former member of the House of Representatives Kaichi Muto. He served as state minister of economy, trade and industry.

  1. ^ "LDP Members". Lib Dems. Retrieved 11 December 2020.