Yasuhiro Hanashi

Japanese politician

葉梨康弘

Minister of JusticeIn office
10 August 2022 – 11 November 2022Prime MinisterFumio KishidaPreceded byYoshihisa FurukawaSucceeded byKen Saitō Personal detailsBorn (1959-10-12) 12 October 1959 (age 64)
Mitaka, Tokyo, JapanPolitical partyLiberal DemocraticAlma materUniversity of Tokyo

Yasuhiro Hanashi (葉梨康弘, Hanashi Yasuhiro, born 1959) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Justice of Japan from August 2022 to November 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he also serves in the House of Representatives since 2003. A native of Ibaraki Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the National Police Agency in 1982. Leaving the agency in 1999, he was elected to public office for the first time in 2003, representing the 3rd District of Ibaraki prefecture, which includes the cities of Ryugasaki and Ushiku, among others.

Hanashi resigned as Justice Minister on 11 November 2022 following comments he made to a political gathering earlier in the week suggesting that his position became "a top story in daytime news programs only when stamping a seal on documents of execution."^[1]