Kan Cabinet

Kan Cabinet

94th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Naoto Kan (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, June 8, 2010
Date formedJune 8, 2010
Date dissolvedSeptember 17, 2010
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of governmentNaoto Kan
Member partyDPJPNP Coalition
Status in legislatureHoR: DPJ–PNP Coalition majority
HoC: DPJ–PNP Coalition majority, minority from July 2010
Opposition partyLiberal Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leaderSadakazu Tanigaki
History
Election2010 councillors election
PredecessorHatoyama Cabinet
SuccessorKan Cabinet
(First Reshuffle)

The Kan Cabinet was the cabinet governing Japan from June 2010 to September 2011 under the leadership of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who came into power after winning the DPJ leadership election in June 2010. The Kan Cabinet oversaw the response to the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the scaling-down of Japan's nuclear energy dependence following the nuclear disaster at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.