Cabinet Noda (2nd transformation)
Cabinet Noda (2nd transformation) | |
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95th Japanese Cabinet (2nd transformation) dai-95-dai naikaku (dai-2-ji-kaizō) |
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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 |
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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
Office | Surname | image | chamber | fraction | Faction (s) |
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prime minister | 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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Shūgiin | DPJ | Kawabata |
Minister of Justice | Makoto Taki | ![]() |
Shūgiin | DPJ | - |
Foreign minister | Kōichirō Gemba | ![]() |
Shūgiin | DPJ | Gemba |
Finance minister | Jun Azumi | ![]() |
Shūgiin | DPJ | Maehara |
Minister for Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology | 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 | ![]() |
Shūgiin | DPJ | Maehara |
Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries | 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 | ![]() |
Shūgiin | DPJ | Maehara |
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport responsible for maritime affairs |
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 | Shūgiin | DPJ | Maehara | |
Defense Minister | Satoshi Morimoto | ![]() |
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Chief Cabinet Secretary | |||||
Chief Cabinet Secretary | 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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Shūgiin | DPJ | Hirano / Hatoyama / Kawabata |
Minister of State for the Financial Sector responsible for post-privatization |
Tadahiro Matsushita (until September 10, 2012 ) |
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Shūgiin | NVP | - |
Jun Azumi (acting) |
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Shūgiin | DPJ | Maehara | |
Minister of State for Economic and Financial Policy, Science & Technology Policy, responsible for "National Strategy" (kokka senryaku) , space development |
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 | ![]() |
Shūgiin | DPJ | Hata |
- ↑ Reconstruction minister Hirano switched from the Ozawa to the Gemba group during his tenure.
- ^ 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:
- Katsuya Okada,
- Osamu Fujimura,
- Tatsuo Kawabata,
- Kōichirō Gemba,
- 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.
Office | Surname | chamber | fraction | Faction (s) |
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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
- Kantei : 2nd remodeled Noda cabinet (Japanese, provisional English translation )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Kantei: Press conference of the Chief Cabinet Secretary on the afternoon of June 27, 2012 (Japanese, provisional English translation (excerpt) )
- ↑ 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).