Yoshiaki Takaki

{{Short description|Japanese politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Yoshiaki Takaki

|native_name = {{nobold|高木 義明}}

|native_name_lang = ja

|image = Yoshiaki Takaki (cropped).jpg

|image_size =

|caption = Official portrait, 2010

|office = Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

|primeminister = Naoto Kan

|predecessor = Tatsuo Kawabata

|successor = Masaharu Nakagawa

|term_start = 17 September 2010

|term_end = 2 September 2011

|office2 = Member of the House of Representatives

|constituency2 = Former Nagasaki 1st (1990–1996)
Kyushu PR (1996–2000; 2012–2017)
Nagasaki 1st (2000–2012)

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 =

|term_start2 = 1990

|term_end2 = 28 September 2017

|office3 = Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly

|constituency3 = Nagasaki City

|predecessor3 =

|successor3 =

|term_start3 = April 1987

|term_end3 = January 1990

|office4 = Member of the Nagasaki City Assembly

|constituency4 =

|predecessor4 =

|successor4 =

|term_start4 = April 1975

|term_end4 = April 1987

|party = DPP

|otherparty = DSP
New Frontier
New Fraternity
DPJ
DP

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|12|22|df=y}}

|birth_place = Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

|alma_mater =

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{{nihongo|Yoshiaki Takaki|高木 義明|Takaki Yoshiaki|extra=born December 22, 1945}} is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi and high-school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1990 after serving in the union executive and local assemblies for 15 years.