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Noda Cabinet (Formed September 2, 2011)

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

Shinji Tarutoko

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Shinji Tarutoko

Date of birth: Aug. 6, 1959

Party: DPJ

Electoral district: Lower House; Osaka No. 12 (fifth term)

This is Tarutoko's first ministerial post. The DPJ's former deputy secretary general played an active role as the right-hand man of Secretary General Azuma Koshiishi, who is an Upper House member, in negotiating with opposition parties during the last Diet session.

Tarukoto was little known outside the party until 2010, when he lost out to Naoto Kan in the DPJ presidential race despite garnering a respectable 129 votes.

He entered politics through the now-defunct Japan New Party in 1993 and later joined Shinshinto (New Frontier Party), eventually becoming a DPJ member after Shinshinto was dissolved in 1997.

He is a graduate of Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, and his peers include former Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa.


 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

PRIME MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

FOREIGN MINISTER Koichiro Genba

FOREIGN MINISTER

Koichiro Genba

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Osamu Fujimura

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Osamu Fujimura

RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER Tatsuo Hirano

RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER

Tatsuo Hirano

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER Yukio Edano

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER

Yukio Edano

STATE MINISTER, SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX REFORMS, AND GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Katsuya Okada

STATE MINISTER, SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX REFORMS, AND GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Katsuya Okada

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER Akira Gunji

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER

Akira Gunji

LAND,
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER Yuichiro Hata

LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER

Yuichiro Hata

DEFENSE MINISTER Satoshi Morimoto

DEFENSE MINISTER

Satoshi Morimoto

JUSTICE MINISTER Keishu Tanaka

JUSTICE MINISTER

Keishu Tanaka

FINANCE MINISTER Koriki Jojima

FINANCE MINISTER

Koriki Jojima

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Makiko Tanaka

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Makiko Tanaka

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER Wakio Mitsui

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER

Wakio Mitsui

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Hiroyuki Nagahama

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

Hiroyuki Nagahama

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Tadamasa Kodaira

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Tadamasa Kodaira

STATE MINISTER, FINANCIAL ISSUES Ikko Nakatsuka

STATE MINISTER, FINANCIAL ISSUES

Ikko Nakatsuka

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL POLICY Seiji Maehara

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL POLICY

Seiji Maehara

STATE MINISTER, POSTAL ISSUES AND DISASTER PREVENTION Mikio Shimoji

STATE MINISTER, POSTAL ISSUES AND DISASTER PREVENTION

Mikio Shimoji