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Noda Cabinet (Formed September 2, 2011)

STATE MINISTER, POSTAL ISSUES AND DISASTER PREVENTION

Mikio Shimoji

STATE MINISTER, POSTAL ISSUES AND DISASTER PREVENTION Mikio Shimoji

Date of birth: Aug. 14, 1961

Party: Kokumin Shinto

Electoral district: Lower House; Okinawa No.1 (fourth term)

Shimoji takes over the postal minister portfolio from fellow party member Tadahiro Matsushita, who was found dead in his home last month apparently after committing suicide.

Reforming the postal service, which was privatized under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, is the top priority of Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party), the minor coalition partner of the DPJ. Noda has thus given the post to members of the party since the launch of the Democratic Party of Japan-led government.

Shimoji, a 51-year-old Okinawa native, is currently vice president of the party. He has served as the party's secretary general and Diet affairs chief.

After graduating from Chuogakuin University, he worked at a transportation firm and became its vice president.


 

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

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Shinji Tarutoko

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

Shinji Tarutoko

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