Noda Cabinet

Noda Cabinet

95th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 2, 2011
Date formedSeptember 2, 2011
Date dissolvedJanuary 13, 2012
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of governmentYoshihiko Noda
Deputy head of governmentKatsuya Okada (from January 13, 2012)
Member partyDPJPNP Coalition
Status in legislatureHoR: DPJ–PNP Coalition majority
HoC: DPJ–PNP Coalition minority
Opposition partyLiberal Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leaderSadakazu Tanigaki (until September 26, 2012)
Shinzō Abe (from September 26, 2012)
History
PredecessorKan Cabinet
(Second Reshuffle)
SuccessorNoda Cabinet
(First Reshuffle)

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.