Yasushi Kaneko (金子 恭之, Kaneko Yasushi, born February 27, 1961) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from October 2021 to August 2022.

He is serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

A native of Kuma District, Kumamoto and graduate of Waseda University, Kaneko was elected for the first time in 2000 as an independent.

His profile on the LDP website:[1] Kaneko is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[2] and a member of the following right-wing groups at the Diet: Kaneko gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:[3] In September 2002, it was reported that Kaneko had received a total of 10.4 million yen through a series of three transfers from the office of at the time LDP Secretary General Taku Yamasaki between October and December 2000.

At that time, Kaneko was still an independent lawmaker, barred from receiving corporate donations.