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Noda Cabinet (Formed September 2, 2011)

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

Tatsuo Kawabata

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Tatsuo Kawabata

Date of birth: Jan. 24, 1945

Party: DPJ

Electoral district: Lower House; Shiga No. 1 (eighth term)

Kawabata will also be state minister in charge of affairs pertaining to Okinawa and the Russian-held islands, as well as regional vitalization.

The 66-year-old lawmaker formerly served as education, culture, sports, science and technology minister and chaired the Lower House Steering Committee.

The second son in a family that owns a 300-year-old pharmacy in Shiga Prefecture, Kawabata went to graduate school at Kyoto University and started working at Toray Industries Inc. as a researcher.

He later became involved in union activities and entered the Lower House for the first time in 1986 on the Democratic Socialist Party ticket.

He then switched to Shinshinto (New Frontier Party) and joined the DPJ in 1998.


 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

PRIME MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

JUSTICE MINISTER Hideo Hiraoka

JUSTICE MINISTER

Hideo Hiraoka

FOREIGN MINISTER Koichiro Genba

FOREIGN MINISTER

Koichiro Genba

FINANCE MINISTER Jun Azumi

FINANCE MINISTER

Jun Azumi

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Masaharu Nakagawa

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Masaharu Nakagawa

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER Yoko Komiyama

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER

Yoko Komiyama

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER Michihiko Kano

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER

Michihiko Kano

LAND,
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER Takeshi Maeda

LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER

Takeshi Maeda

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT AND PREVENTION Goshi Hosono

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT AND PREVENTION

Goshi Hosono

DEFENSE MINISTER Yasuo Ichikawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Yasuo Ichikawa

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY/ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER Osamu Fujimura

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY/ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER

Osamu Fujimura

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Kenji Yamaoka

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Kenji Yamaoka

STATE MINISTER,  FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER, FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL STRATEGY, ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY Motohisa Furukawa

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL STRATEGY, ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY

Motohisa Furukawa

STATE MINISTER, GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Renho

STATE MINISTER, GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Renho

STATE MINISTER, POSTDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION Tatsuo Hirano

STATE MINISTER, POSTDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION

Tatsuo Hirano