Mitoji Yabunaka

Mitoji Yabunaka
薮中三十二
Mitoji Yabunaka in 2005
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
17 January 2008  20 August 2010
Preceded byShotaro Yachi
Succeeded byKenichirō Sasae
Personal details
Born (1948-01-23) 23 January 1948
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Osaka

Mitoji Yabunaka (薮中 三十二, Yabunaka Mitoji; born 23 January 1948) is a Japanese diplomat who served as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010. Prior to that position, Yabunaka served as Ministry of Foreign Affair's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director-General. He has been a diplomat for nearly forty years.