Cabinet Noda (2nd transformation)

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Cabinet Noda (2nd transformation)
95th Japanese Cabinet (2nd transformation)
dai-95-dai naikaku (dai-2-ji-kaizō)
The cabinet after the inauguration ceremony for the ministers
Prime Minister
Naikaku Sōri-Daijin
Yoshihiko Noda
Legislative period 180th NV
(45th Abg . House , 22nd  Senate )
Appointed by Emperor Akihito
education 4th June 2012
The End October 1, 2012
Duration 0 years and 119 days
predecessor Cabinet Noda (1st transformation)
successor Cabinet Noda (3rd reshuffle)
composition
Party (s) DPJ , NVP
minister 19th
State Secretaries 5 Special Advisers to the Prime Minister
3 Parliamentary Vice-Heads of the Cabinet Secretariat
27 "Vice-Ministers"
32 "Parliamentary State Secretaries"
representation
House of Representatives
254/479

(4.7.2012)
senate
95/242

(4.7.2012)
Opposition leader

The Noda cabinet, which was reorganized for the second time ( Japanese 野 田 第 2 次 改造 内閣 Noda dainiji kaizō naikaku ) ruled Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda from a cabinet reshuffle on June 4, 2012 to a further cabinet reshuffle on October 1, 2012.

After failed negotiations on the planned VAT increase with Ichirō Ozawa , who controlled significant parts of the Democratic Party, Noda had agreed to reshuffle the cabinet in June in preliminary negotiations with the opposition Liberal Democratic Party . In particular, he replaced Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka and Transport Minister Takeshi Maeda , against whom the opposition majority in Sangiin had passed non-binding motions of censure (monseki ketsugi) in April .

The governing coalition continued to consist of the Democratic Party (DPJ) and the New People's Party (NVP); without formal involvement in the coalition, the "Daichi - True Democratic Party" cooperated in parliament .

After his re-election as party chairman , Noda again reshuffled the cabinet on October 1, 2012.

Minister of State

Remodeled cabinet Noda - from June 4th to October 1st, 2012
Office Surname image chamber fraction Faction (s)
prime minister Yoshihiko Noda Yoshihiko Noda Shūgiin DPJ ( Noda )
First Minister-designate under Article 9 of the Cabinet Law (Deputy Prime Minister)
Minister of State for “Renewal of Administration” (gyōsei sasshin)
    responsible for integrated reform of social security and taxes, administrative reform
Katsuya Okada Katsuya Okada Shūgiin DPJ -
Ministers of State who run a ministry
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communication
Minister of State for Affairs of Okinawa and the Northern Territories
Minister of State for "Promoting the Sovereignty of the Regions" (chiiki shuken suishin)
   responsible for "revitalizing the regions" (chiiki kasseika)
Tatsuo Kawabata Tatsuo Kawabata Shūgiin DPJ Kawabata
Minister of Justice Makoto Taki Makoto Taki Shūgiin DPJ -
Foreign minister Kōichirō Gemba Kōichirō Gemba Shūgiin DPJ Gemba
Finance minister Jun Azumi Jun Azumi Shūgiin DPJ Maehara
Minister for Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology Hirofumi Hirano Hirofumi Hirano Shūgiin DPJ Hirano
Minister of Health, Labor and Social Affairs
Minister of State for Combating the Decline of Births (shōshika taisaku)
Yōko Komiyama Yōko Komiyama Shūgiin DPJ Maehara
Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries Akira Gunji Akira Gunji Sangiin DPJ Yokomichi
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister of State for the "Organization to Support Compensation for Nuclear Power Damage " (genshiryoku songai baishō shien kikō)
   responsible for economic damage caused by nuclear power
Yukio Edano Yukio Edano Shūgiin DPJ Maehara
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
   responsible for maritime affairs
Yūichirō Hata Yūichirō Hata Sangiin DPJ Hata
Environment
Minister Minister of State for "Nuclear Power Management" (genshiryoku gyōsei)
   responsible for the "normalization and relapse prevention of nuclear power accidents" (gempatsu jiko no shūsoku oyobi saihatsu bōshi)
Goshi Hosono Goshi Hosono Shūgiin DPJ Maehara
Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto Satoshi Morimoto - - -
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura Osamu Fujimura Shūgiin DPJ Noda
Minister of State without a ministry
Reconstruction
   minister responsible for the Great Japanese Earthquake (Higashi-Nihon daishinsai sōkatsu tantō)
Tatsuo Hirano Tatsuo Hirano Sangiin DPJ Ozawa /
Gemba
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission,
Minister of State for Consumer and Food Safety
   responsible for the kidnapping issue
Jin Matsubara Jin Matsubara Shūgiin DPJ Hirano /
Hatoyama /
Kawabata
Minister of State for the Financial Sector
   responsible for post-privatization
Tadahiro Matsushita
(until September 10, 2012
)
Tadahiro Matsushita Shūgiin NVP -
Jun Azumi
(acting)
Jun Azumi Shūgiin DPJ Maehara
Minister of State for Economic and Financial Policy, Science & Technology Policy,
   responsible for "National Strategy" (kokka senryaku) , space development
Motohisa Furukawa Motohisa Furukawa Shūgiin DPJ Maehara
Minister of State for Disaster Management, “New Community” (atarashii kōkyō), gender equality
   responsible for reforming the public service
Masaharu Nakagawa Masaharu Nakagawa Shūgiin DPJ Hata
  1. Reconstruction minister Hirano switched from the Ozawa to the Gemba group during his tenure.
  2. ^ Minister of State Matsushita died on September 10, 2012.

The ministers of state without a ministry are naikaku-fu tokumei tantō daijin ("Minister at the Cabinet Office for Special Tasks"). Additional special areas of responsibility (at the cabinet secretariat or other ministries and authorities) in italics. The faction affiliations are incomplete.

The following were designated as representatives of the Prime Minister under Article 9 of the Cabinet Law:

  1. Katsuya Okada,
  2. Osamu Fujimura,
  3. Tatsuo Kawabata,
  4. Kōichirō Gemba,
  5. Yukio Edano.

State Secretaries

The deputy heads of the cabinet secretariat, advisers to the prime minister and state secretaries were appointed on the same day as the ministers, most of which were taken over by the previous cabinet.

State Secretaries, Special Adviser to the Noda Cabinet
Office Surname chamber fraction Faction (s)
Cabinet Secretariat, Legislative Office
Deputy Head of the Cabinet Secretariat Tsuyoshi Saitō Shūgiin DPJ Kondō-hiraoka
Hiroyuki Nagahama Sangiin DPJ Noda
Makoto Taketoshi - - -
Head of the Legislative Office of the Cabinet Tsuneyuki Yamamoto - - -
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
Special advisor for political leadership under the primacy of politics, parliamentary affairs Yoshio Tezuka Shūgiin DPJ
Special advisor on administrative reform, integrated social security and tax reform Manabu Terata Shūgiin DPJ
Special Advisor on Foreign Policy and National Security Akihisa Nagashima Shūgiin DPJ
Special advisor for coordination between ministries and authorities on important domestic issues Hiranao Honda Shūgiin DPJ
Special advisor for political leadership under the primacy of politics, parliamentary affairs Shun'ichi Mizuoka Sangiin DPJ
Fukudaijin ("Vice Minister")
Cabinet Office Katsuyuki Ishida Shūgiin DPJ
Hitoshi Gotō Shūgiin DPJ
Ikkō Nakatsuka Shūgiin DPJ
Izumi Yoshida Shūgiin DPJ
Yoshinori Suematsu Shūgiin DPJ Can
Internal affairs and communication Atsushi Ōshima Shūgiin DPJ Kano
Kimiaki Matsuzaki Shūgiin DPJ
Judiciary Hiroyuki Tani Sangiin DPJ
Foreign Affairs Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Shūgiin DPJ Gemba
Ryūji Yamane Sangiin DPJ
Finances Fumihiko Igarashi Shūgiin DPJ
Yukihisa Fujita Sangiin DPJ
Education, culture, sports, science and technology Tenzō Okumura Shūgiin DPJ
Miho Takai Shūgiin DPJ Maehara
Work, health and social affairs Chinami Nishimura Shūgiin DPJ Can
Yasuhiro Tsuji Sangiin DPJ
Agriculture, forestry and fishing Takahiro Sasaki Shūgiin DPJ
Tsukasa Iwamoto Sangiin DPJ
Economy, trade and industry Seishu Makino Shūgiin DPJ
Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa Sangiin DPJ Kawabata
Land, infrastructure and transport Ken Okuda Shūgiin DPJ
Osamu Yoshida Shūgiin DPJ
environment Katsuhiko Yokomitsu Shūgiin DPJ
defense Shu Watanabe Shūgiin DPJ
reconstruction Ikkō Nakatsuka Shūgiin DPJ
Izumi Yoshida Shūgiin DPJ
Yoshinori Suematsu Shūgiin DPJ Can
Daijinseimukan ("Parliamentary State Secretaries")
Cabinet Office Hiroshi Ōgushi Shūgiin DPJ
Kazuko Kōri Shūgiin DPJ
Yasuhiro Sonoda Shūgiin DPJ
Internal affairs and communication Akio Fukuda
(until June 27, 2012)
Shūgiin DPJ
Tetsuo Inami
(from July 6, 2012)
Shūgiin DPJ
Ken Kagaya Sangiin DPJ Kawabata
Takashi Morita Sangiin NVP -
Judiciary Nobuo Matsuno Sangiin DPJ
Foreign Affairs Jō Nakano Shūgiin DPJ
Toshiyuki Kato Sangiin DPJ
Kazuyuki Hamada Sangiin NVP -
Finances Mitsuo Mitani Shūgiin DPJ
Seizō Wakaizumi Shūgiin DPJ
Education, culture, sports, science and technology Takashi Kii Shūgiin DPJ
Mieko Kamimoto Sangiin DPJ Yokomichi
Work, health and social affairs Kazue Fujita Shūgiin DPJ
Yatarō Tsuda Sangiin DPJ
Agriculture, forestry and fishing Hiroko Nakano Shūgiin DPJ
Tetsuo Morimoto Shūgiin DPJ
Economy, trade and industry Keirō Kitagami Shūgiin DPJ
Yasuhiro Nakane Sangiin DPJ
Land, infrastructure and transport Shōgo Tsugawa Shūgiin DPJ
Kyōichi Tsushima Shūgiin DPJ Ozawa
Kunihiko Muroi Sangiin DPJ
environment Satoshi Takayama Shūgiin DPJ
defense Mitsu Shimojō Shūgiin DPJ
Hideo Jimpu Shūgiin DPJ
reconstruction Kazuko Kōri Shūgiin DPJ
Hiroshi Ōgushi Shūgiin DPJ
Seizō Wakaizumi Shūgiin DPJ
Shōgo Tsugawa Shūgiin DPJ

resignation

  • Parliamentary State Secretary for General Affairs Akio Fukuda resigned in June 2012 after voting against the government bill to increase VAT in the Shūgiin.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Noda Replaces Censured minister. Five New Members Recruited in Bid to Get LDP to Back Sales Tax Hike. In: The Japan Times . June 4, 2012, accessed June 4, 2012 .
  2. Kantei: Press conference of the Chief Cabinet Secretary on the afternoon of June 27, 2012 (Japanese, provisional English translation (excerpt) )
  3. 小 沢 氏 系 会合 に 43 議員 鳩 山 氏 、 党 最高 顧問 を 辞 任 へ . (No longer available online.) In: Asahi Shimbun Degital. June 26, 2012, archived from the original on June 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 23, 2012 (Japanese).