Yohei Matsumoto (æ¾æ¬ æ´Âå¹³, Matsumoto Yà Âhei; born 31 August 1973) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) who has served as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology since 21 October 2025.
Matsumoto is a native of Setagaya, Tokyo and graduated from Keio University. He worked at Sanwa Bank, (now part of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) from 1996 to 2003.
Matsumoto was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003.
Matsumoto was a supporter of right-wing filmmaker Satoru Mizushima's 2007 revisionist film The Truth about Nanjing, which denied that the Nanjing Massacre ever occurred.