Yūji Tsushima

Yūji Tsushima
津島 雄二
Official portrait, 2000
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
4 July 2000  5 December 2000
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byYuya Niwa
Succeeded byChikara Sakaguchi
In office
28 February 1990  29 December 1990
Prime MinisterToshiki Kaifu
Preceded bySaburō Toida
Succeeded byShinichirō Shimojō
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
5 December 1976  21 July 2009
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byHokuto Yokoyama
ConstituencyFormer Aomori 1st (1976–1996)
Aomori 1st (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born(1930-01-24)24 January 1930
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died25 October 2023(2023-10-25) (aged 93)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
SpouseSonoko Tsushima
ChildrenJun Tsushima
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Syracuse University

Yūji Tsushima (津島 雄二, Tsushima Yūji; January 24, 1930 – October 25, 2023) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.