Taku Yamasaki is a Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan. Born in Dalian, Manchukuo, he is a graduate of Waseda University. He worked at Bridgestone. He lost his vision in one eye in childhood. As a Diet member, he served as Minister of Construction, and Director General of the Defense Agency. He was a member of the "YKK" faction with K?ichi Kat? and Jun'ichir? Koizumi. Yamasaki was also the leader of a small faction that bore his name. In November 2000, along with K?ichi Kat?, Yamasaki was heavily involved in the failed intraparty coup against Prime Minister Yoshir? Mori. He became Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2001, and the Vice-President of the LDP in 2003. In the 2003 election Yamasaki was defeated by Jun'ichir? Koga of the Democratic Party. He subsequently resigned from the vice-presidency of the LDP and took on the role of a political advisor. In 2005, re-elected to the House of Representatives by-election on Fukuoka Prefecture 2nd Electoral District and Chiefship, Special Committee on Postal Privatization. 

December 11th, 1936 in Dalian (Age 87)