Takashi Sasagawa (笹川 堯, Sasagawa Takashi, born October 5, 1935) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

In 1993 he left the LDP and participated in the formation of the New Frontier Party in the following year.

From 2000 to 2001 he was Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy in the cabinet of Yoshirō Mori.

[1] On September 30, 2008, as LDP General Affairs Council Chairman, Takashi Sasagawa suggested that the US House of Representatives rejected a bailout plan because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a woman.

[2] He is the second son of the businessman, politician and philanthropist Ryōichi Sasakawa.