Yasukazu Hamada

{{short description|Japanese politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Hamada|lang=Japanese}}

{{use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Yasukazu Hamada

| native_name = {{nobold|浜田 靖一}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Yasukazu Hamada 20220810.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2022

| office = Minister of Defense

| primeminister = Fumio Kishida

| term_start = 10 August 2022

| term_end = 13 September 2023

| predecessor = Nobuo Kishi

| successor = Minoru Kihara

| primeminister1 = Tarō Asō

| term_start1 = 24 September 2008

| term_end1 = 16 September 2009

| predecessor1 = Yoshimasa Hayashi

| successor1 = Toshimi Kitazawa

| office2 = Member of the House of Representatives

| constituency2 = Chiba 3rd (1993–1996)
Chiba 12th (1996–2000; 2003–present)
Southern Kanto PR (2000–2003)

| term_start2 = 18 July 1993

| predecessor2 = Multi-member district

| successor2 =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Futtsu, Chiba, Japan

| father = Kōichi Hamada

| party = Liberal Democratic

| alma_mater = Senshu University (BBA)

}}

File:Yasukazu Hamada cropped Yasukazu Hamadand and John Hamre 19981103.jpg, 3 November 1998]]

{{nihongo|Yasukazu Hamada|浜田 靖一|Hamada Yasukazu|extra=born 21 October 1955}} is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Defense of Japan from 2008 to 2009 and from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also serves in the House of Representatives, having taken office in 1993.

In September 2008, under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, Hamada was appointed Minister of Defense. This was Hamada's first Cabinet position. He was appointed to the same position under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in 2022.[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080925TDY01303.htm "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2"], The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.

His father, Kōichi Hamada, also served in the House of Representatives.{{cite news |author= |date=17 August 2022 |title=New defense minister’s coordination skills to be put to the test |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20220817-52061/ |work=The Yomiuri Shimbun |location=Tokyo |access-date=26 May 2024}}{{cite news |author= |date=5 August 2012 |title=浜田幸一元衆院議員が死去　政界の暴れん坊「ハマコー」 |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG0500F_V00C12A8000000/ |work=The Nihon Keizai Shimbun |location=Tokyo |access-date=26 May 2024}}