Osamu Yoshida

Osamu Yoshida was appointed Senior Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for Japan in January 2012.  With a political career beginning in 1993, Mr. Yoshida has held many high-level positions spanning the portfolios of economy, trade, industry and disaster relief.

Previously, Mr. Yoshida served as a professor at Osaka kun-ei Women’s College and has had completed many visiting lecturer roles in several universities.  Mr. Yoshida has a Bachelor of Arts Degree and is an alumni of the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management.