Shotaro Yachi

Shotaro Yachi
谷内 正太郎
Shotaro Yachi in 2014
Secretary General of the National Security Secretariat
In office
2013  13 September 2019
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byShigeru Kitamura
Personal details
Born (1944-01-06) 6 January 1944
Kanazawa, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Shotaro Yachi (谷内 正太郎, Yachi Shōtarō; born 6 January 1944) is a Japanese diplomat and scholar who served as the National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2019. He became the first national security advisor when the National Security Council was founded in December 2013. He previously served as administrative vice minister for foreign affairs from 2005 to 2008.