The Noda Cabinet governed Japan from September 2011 to December 2012 under premiership of 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 accident.

Political background The previous Prime Minister and DPJ president, Naoto Kan resigned on 26 August 2011 after the passage of the second extra budget for 2011. Kan's resignation triggered a DPJ leadership election, which was won by Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda. On 2 September, Noda was formally appointed by the Emperor as the Japan's 95th Prime Minister and the third DPJ Prime Minister in two years.

The administration oversaw the first increase of consumption tax since 1997. Noda seek to increase the tax to gain more revenue to pay off Japan's debt and the cost of the recovery of the triple disaster. Long considered to be an unpopular policy, successive governments failed to enact the increase. The consumption tax increase also caused a split within the DPJ. While the consumption tax increase bill received wide support in the Diet, including from the LDP opposition, a major faction in the DPJ led by Ichirō Ozawa was strongly opposed to the policy. Ozawa and his faction decided to split from the DPJ on 11 July 2012, forming People's Life First which made the DPJ lose its majority in the Diet. With LDP support, Noda decided to hold a snap election. The DPJ lost most of its seats while the LDP returned into power after three years of opposition.

Following Fukushima radiation, Noda's government also oversaw further closedown of Japan's nuclear power plants, continuing his predecessor's policy. An exception to this was the Ōi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui which was reopened in July 2012 to mitigate the damage inflicted to the plant-dependent local economy. The reopening was proven to be brief with both of the restarted reactors shut down again in September 2013.

Election of the prime minister + 30 August 2011 House of Representatives Absolute majority (239/476) required Choice Vote Caucuses Votes Yoshihiko Noda DPJ (303), PNP (3), NPN (1), Independent [Speaker] (1) Sadakazu Tanigaki LDP (116), Independent (1), Independent [Vice Speaker] (1) Natsuo Yamaguchi Kōmeitō (21) Kazuo Shii JCP (9) Mizuho Fukushima Social Democratic Party of Japan (6) Yoshimi Watanabe Your Party (5) Takeo Hiranuma Sunrise Party (2), Hiranuma Group independents (2) Ichirō Ozawa Independent (1) Banri Kaieda Independent (1) Kunio Hatoyama Independent (1) Katsuhito Yokokume Independent (1) Abstention Genzei Nippon (1) Did not vote Independent (2), LDP (1) Vacant Source: 177th Diet Session (House of Representatives) (roll call only lists individual votes, not grouped by caucus)

+ 30 August 2011 House of Councillors Choice Vote Caucuses Votes First round Absolute majority (121/241) required Yoshihiko Noda DPJーShin-Ryokufūkai (106), PNP (3), Independent (1) Sadakazu Tanigaki LDP (82), Independent [Yasuhiro Ōe and Tamon Hasegawa] (2), Independent [Vice President] (1) Natsuo Yamaguchi Kōmeitō (19) Yoshimi Watanabe Your Party (11) Kazuo Shii JCP (6) Mizuho Fukushima Social Democratic Party of Japan (4), Independent (1) Takeo Hiranuma Sunrise PartyーNRP (3) Yōichi Masuzoe Sunrise PartyーNRP (2) Did not vote Independent [President] (1) Second round (runoff)Simple majority required Yoshihiko Noda DPJーShin-Ryokufūkai (106), PNP (3), Independent (1) Sadakazu Tanigaki LDP (82), Kōmeitō (19), Sunrise PartyーNRP (3), Independent [Yasuhiro Ōe and Tamon Hasegawa] (2), Independent [Vice President] (1) Blank votes Your Party (11), JCP (6), Social Democratic Party of Japan (4), Sunrise PartyーNRP (2), Independent (1) Did not vote Independent [President] (1) Source: 177th Diet Session (House of Councillors) - First round vote177th Diet Session (House of Councillors) - Second round vote (lists individual votes grouped by caucus)

Lists of ministers

R = Member of the House of Representatives C = Member of the House of Councillors N = Non-Diet member Italics denote acting minister

Cabinet + Noda Cabinet from September 2, 2011, to January 13, 2012 Portfolio Minister Term Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty Tatsuo Kawabata R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Justice Hideo Hiraoka R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Foreign Affairs Kōichirō Genba R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Finance Jun Azumi R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masaharu Nakagawa R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Minister of State for Pension Reform Yōko Komiyama R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Michihiko Kano R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoshio Hachiro R September 2–11, 2011 Osamu Fujimura R September 11–12, 2011 Yukio Edano R September 12, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Takeshi Maeda C September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of the Environment Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Gōshi Hosono R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of Defence Yasuo Ichikawa C September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Kenji Yamaoka R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of State for Disaster Management Tatsuo Hirano C September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of State for Financial Services Minister of State for Postal Reform Shōzaburō Jimi C September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Motohisa Furukawa R September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012 Minister of State for Government Revitalization Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister of State for the New Public Commons Renho C September 2, 2011 – January 13, 2012Minister of State for the Corporation in Support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Gōshi Hosono R September 2 – October 3, 2011 Yukio Edano R October 3, 2011 – January 13, 2012

First reshuffled cabinet

+ Noda Cabinet from January 13 to June 4, 2012 Portfolio Minister Term Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Deputy Prime Minister Minister of State for Government Revitalization Katsuya Okada R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty Tatsuo Kawabata R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Justice Toshio Ogawa C January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Foreign Affairs Kōichirō Genba R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Finance Jun Azumi R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirofumi Hirano R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Minister of State for Pension Reform Yōko Komiyama R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Michihiko Kano R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Takeshi Maeda C January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of the Environment Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Gōshi Hosono R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of Defence Naoki Tanaka C January 13 – June 4, 2012 Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Jin Matsubara R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of State for Disaster Management Tatsuo Hirano C January 13 – February 10, 2012 Masaharu Nakagawa R February 10 – June 4, 2012 Minister of State for Financial Services Minister of State for Postal Reform Shōzaburō Jimi C January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Motohisa Furukawa R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister of State for the New Public Commons Katsuya Okada R January 13 – February 10, 2012 Masaharu Nakagawa R February 10 – June 4, 2012 Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Katsuya Okada R January 13 – February 10, 2012 Masaharu Nakagawa R February 10 – April 23, 2012 Yōko Komiyama R April 23 – June 4, 2012 Minister of State for the Corporation in Support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Yukio Edano R January 13 – June 4, 2012 Minister for Reconstruction Tatsuo Hirano C January 13 – June 4, 2012

Second reshuffled cabinet

+ Noda Cabinet from June 4 to October 1, 2012 Portfolio Minister Term Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Deputy Prime Minister Minister of State for Government Revitalization Katsuya Okada R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty Tatsuo Kawabata R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Justice Makoto Taki R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Foreign Affairs Kōichirō Genba R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Finance Jun Azumi R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirofumi Hirano R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Yōko Komiyama R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Akira Gunji C June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State for the Corporation in Support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Yukio Edano R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Yūichirō Hata C June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of the Environment Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Gōshi Hosono R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of Defence Satoshi Morimoto N June 4 – October 1, 2012 Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister for Reconstruction Tatsuo Hirano C June 4 – October 1, 2012 Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Jin Matsubara R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of State for Disaster Management Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister of State for the New Public Commons Masaharu Nakagawa R June 4 – October 1, 2012 Minister of State for Financial Services Minister of State for Postal Reform Tadahiro Matsushita C June 4 – September 10, 2012 Jun Azumi R September 10 – October 1, 2012 Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy Motohisa Furukawa R June 4 – October 1, 2012

Third reshuffled cabinet