Masahiko Yamada

Masahiko Yamada was born in April 8, 1942, and he is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukue, Nagasaki, a Roman Catholic, and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in 1979, 1986 and 1990. Before running for office, he worked as a rancher and a lawyer. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under Kan Naoto regime in 2010. Since 2014, he founded and runs Association for stopping TPP negotiation and lawsuit for the violation of the constitution (TPP Hantai) to fight against TPP conspiracy between Japan and US.