Noda Cabinet
Cabinet of Japan (2011–2012)
The Noda Cabinet governed Japan from September 2011 to December 2012 under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda , who came into power after winning the DPJ leadership in September 2011. The Cabinet enacted economic reforms to reduce the burden of Japan's debt and the costs inflicted by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster .
Political background
The previous Prime Minister and DPJ president, Naoto Kan resigned on 26 August 2011 after the passage of the second extra budget for 2011. Kan's resignation triggered a DPJ leadership election, which was won by Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda . On 2 September, Noda was formally appointed by the Emperor as the Japan's 95th Prime Minister and the third DPJ Prime Minister in two years.
The administration oversaw the first increase of consumption tax since 1997. Noda seek to increase the tax to gain more revenue to pay off Japan's debt and the cost of the recovery of the triple disaster. Long considered to be an unpopular policy, successive governments failed to enact the increase.[ 1] The consumption tax increase also caused a split within the DPJ. While the consumption tax increase bill received wide support in the Diet, including from the LDP opposition, a major faction in the DPJ led by Ichirō Ozawa was strongly opposed to the policy. Ozawa and his faction decided to split from the DPJ on 11 July 2012, forming People's Life First which let the DPJ lost majority in the Diet. In exchange with LDP supported, Noda decided to hold snap election . The DPJ lost most of the seats while the LDP returned into the power after three years of opposition.
Following Fukushima radiation, Noda's government also oversaw further closedown of Japan's nuclear power plants , continuing his predecessor's policy.[ 2] An exception to this was the Ōi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui which was reopened in July 2012 to mitigate the damage inflicted to the plant-dependent local economy. The reopening was proven to be brief with both of the restarted reactors shut down again in September 2013.
Election of the prime minister
30 August 2011
House of Councillors
Choice
Vote
Caucuses
Votes
First round Absolute majority (121/241) required
Yoshihiko Noda
DPJ ーShin-Ryokufūkai (106), PNP (3), Independent (1)
Sadakazu Tanigaki
LDP (82), Independent [Yasuhiro Ōe and Tamon Hasegawa] (2), Independent [Vice President] (1)
Natsuo Yamaguchi
Kōmeitō (19)
Yoshimi Watanabe
Your Party (11)
Kazuo Shii
JCP (6)
Mizuho Fukushima
Social Democratic Party of Japan (4), Independent (1)
Takeo Hiranuma
Sunrise Party ーNRP (3)
Yōichi Masuzoe
Sunrise Party ーNRP (2)
Did not vote
Independent [President] (1)
Second round (runoff)Simple majority required
Y Yoshihiko Noda
DPJ ーShin-Ryokufūkai (106), PNP (3), Independent (1)
Sadakazu Tanigaki
LDP (82), Kōmeitō (19), Sunrise Party ーNRP (3), Independent [Yasuhiro Ōe and Tamon Hasegawa] (2), Independent [Vice President] (1)
Blank votes
Your Party (11), JCP (6), Social Democratic Party of Japan (4), Sunrise Party ーNRP (2), Independent (1)
Did not vote
Independent [President] (1)
Source: 177th Diet Session (House of Councillors) - First round vote 177th Diet Session (House of Councillors) - Second round vote (lists individual votes grouped by caucus)
Lists of ministers
Democratic
People's New
Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
N = Non-Diet member
Italics denote acting minister
Cabinet
Noda Cabinet from September 2, 2011, to January 13, 2012
Portfolio
Minister
Term
Prime Minister
Yoshihiko Noda
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty
Tatsuo Kawabata
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Justice
Hideo Hiraoka
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kōichirō Genba
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Finance
Jun Azumi
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Masaharu Nakagawa
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Minister of State for Pension Reform
Yōko Komiyama
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Michihiko Kano
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Yoshio Hachiro
R
September 2–11, 2011
Osamu Fujimura
R
September 11–12, 2011
Yukio Edano
R
September 12, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Takeshi Maeda
C
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration
Gōshi Hosono
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of Defence
Yasuo Ichikawa
C
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Osamu Fujimura
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Kenji Yamaoka
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Tatsuo Hirano
C
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of State for Financial Services Minister of State for Postal Reform
Shōzaburō Jimi
C
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Motohisa Furukawa
R
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of State for Government Revitalization Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister of State for the New Public Commons
Renho
C
September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012
Minister of State for the Corporation in Support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Gōshi Hosono
R
September 2 – October 3, 2011
Yukio Edano
R
October 3, 2011 – January 13, 2012
First reshuffled cabinet
Noda Cabinet from January 13 to June 4, 2012
Portfolio
Minister
Term
Prime Minister
Yoshihiko Noda
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of State for Government Revitalization
Katsuya Okada
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty
Tatsuo Kawabata
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Justice
Toshio Ogawa
C
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kōichirō Genba
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Finance
Jun Azumi
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Hirofumi Hirano
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Minister of State for Pension Reform
Yōko Komiyama
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Michihiko Kano
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Yukio Edano
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Takeshi Maeda
C
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration
Gōshi Hosono
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of Defence
Naoki Tanaka
C
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Osamu Fujimura
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Jin Matsubara
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Tatsuo Hirano
C
January 13 – February 10, 2012
Masaharu Nakagawa
R
February 10 – June 4, 2012
Minister of State for Financial Services Minister of State for Postal Reform
Shōzaburō Jimi
C
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Motohisa Furukawa
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister of State for the New Public Commons
Katsuya Okada
R
January 13 – February 10, 2012
Masaharu Nakagawa
R
February 10 – June 4, 2012
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Katsuya Okada
R
January 13 – February 10, 2012
Masaharu Nakagawa
R
February 10 – April 23, 2012
Yōko Komiyama
R
April 23 – June 4, 2012
Minister of State for the Corporation in Support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Yukio Edano
R
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Minister for Reconstruction
Tatsuo Hirano
C
January 13 – June 4, 2012
Second reshuffled cabinet
Noda Cabinet from June 4 to October 1, 2012
Portfolio
Minister
Term
Prime Minister
Yoshihiko Noda
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of State for Government Revitalization
Katsuya Okada
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty
Tatsuo Kawabata
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Justice
Makoto Taki
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kōichirō Genba
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Finance
Jun Azumi
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Hirofumi Hirano
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Yōko Komiyama
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Akira Gunji
C
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State for the Corporation in Support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Yukio Edano
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Yūichirō Hata
C
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Gōshi Hosono
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of Defence
Satoshi Morimoto
N
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Osamu Fujimura
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister for Reconstruction
Tatsuo Hirano
C
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Jin Matsubara
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of State for Disaster Management Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister of State for the New Public Commons
Masaharu Nakagawa
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Minister of State for Financial Services Minister of State for Postal Reform
Tadahiro Matsushita
C
June 4 – September 10, 2012
Jun Azumi
R
September 10 – October 1, 2012
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy
Motohisa Furukawa
R
June 4 – October 1, 2012
Third reshuffled cabinet
Noda Cabinet from October 1 to December 26, 2012
Portfolio
Minister
Term
Prime Minister
Yoshihiko Noda
R
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of State for Government Revitalization
Katsuya Okada
R
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty
Shinji Tarutoko
R→N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Justice
Keishū Tanaka
R
October 1–23, 2012
Tadamasa Kodaira
R
October 23–24, 2012
Makoto Taki
R→N
October 24 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kōichirō Genba
R
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Finance
Kōriki Jōjima
R→N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Makiko Tanaka
R→N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare
Wakio Mitsui
R→N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Akira Gunji
C
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State for the Corporation in Support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Yukio Edano
R
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Yūichirō Hata
C
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Hiroyuki Nagahama
C
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of Defence
Satoshi Morimoto
N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Osamu Fujimura
R→N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister for Reconstruction
Tatsuo Hirano
C
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Tadamasa Kodaira
R→N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of State for Financial Services Minister of State for Postal Reform Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister of State for the New Public Commons Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Ikkō Nakatsuka
R→N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Minister of State for Space Policy
Seiji Maehara
R
October 1 – December 26, 2012
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Mikio Shimoji
R→N
October 1 – December 26, 2012
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