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7 unusual facts about Yoshihiko Noda


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement

In 2011, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda visited Okinawa and gave a speech stating the Japanese government supports Okinawa's independent plans to help improve the prefecture.

Jack Yang

He met with the prime minister Yoshihiko Noda to talk about possible solutions to the recent nuclear disaster.

Kenzaburō Ōe

Following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, he urged Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to “halt plans to restart nuclear power plants and instead abandon nuclear energy”.

Masaharu Nakagawa

Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Representatives), member of the Japanese House of Representatives and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the cabinet of prime minister Yoshihiko Noda

Uichiro Niwa

On September 18, 2012, the Japanese government of Yoshihiko Noda nationalized the Senkaku Islands.

Yoshihiko Noda

In an interview with The Washington Post Noda said he loved watching movies and is a fan of Meryl Streep, who recently won an Academy Award for her portrayal of the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

On May 11, 2013, Noda attended the retirement event of professional wrestler Kenta Kobashi, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo.



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