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On October 1, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda held a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office to announce the line-up for his new Cabinet, details as follows:
Prime Minister
Yoshihiko NODA (R )
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Administrative Reform
Minister for Total Reform of Social Security and Tax
Minister for Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Government Revitalization
Katsuya OKADA (R )
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty
Minister for Regional Revitalization
Shinji TARUTOKO (R )*
Minister of Justice
Minister for the Abduction Issue
Keishu TANAKA (R )*
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Koichiro GEMBA (R )
Minister of Finance
Koriki JOJIMA (R )*
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Makiko TANAKA (R )*
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Wakio MITSUI (R )*
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Akira GUNJI (C )
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister of State for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Minister for Nuclear Incident Economic Countermeasures
Yukio EDANO (R )
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Yuichiro HATA (C )
Minister of the Environment
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
Minister of State for the Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Hiroyuki NAGAHAMA (C )*
Minister of Defense
Satoshi MORIMOTO (− )
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Osamu FUJIMURA (R )
Minister for Reconstruction
Minister for Comprehensive Review of Measures in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Tatsuo HIRANO (C )
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Tadamasa KODAIRA (R )*
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister of State for the New Public Commons
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Ikko NAKATSUKA (R )*
Minister for National Policy
Minister for Ocean Policy
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 )*
Minister for Postal Service Privatization
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Mikio SHIMOJI (R )*
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
Tsuyoshi SAITO (R )
Hirokazu SHIBA (C )*
Makoto TAKETOSHI (− )
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
Tsuneyuki YAMAMOTO (− )
The attestation ceremony of the Cabinet members was held at the Imperial Palace in the evening of the same day.
" * " indicates that he/she newly joined the Cabinet.
"(R)" indicates that he/she is a member of the House of Representatives.
"(C)" indicates that he/she is a member of the House of Councillors.
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