Minoura Katsundo (箕浦 勝人, 13 March 1854 – 30 August 1929) was a journalist, entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-World War II Empire of Japan.

After graduation, he joined the Yubin Hochi Shimbun in 1875 as a reporter, and rose rapidly ranks to become president of the company in 1890.

[2] His proposals were continually defeated, until a compromise bill was passed in 1897 allowing for reduced fines and punishments.

However, his political career ended in a sensational political corruption case in 1926, when he was arrested along with a number of high-ranking members of government for accepted bribes from real estate companies in Osaka over the relocation of the Matsushima Brothels and incarcerated at Osaka Prison.

After a highly publicized court trial, Minoura was found not guilty on 13 October 1927 and released.