Japan's new cabinet line-up

TOKYO - Japan's sixth new leader in five years Yoshihiko Noda on Friday reshuffled his cabinet four months after taking power. Here is the new cabinet line-up, as announced by Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura:

* marks newly appointed ministers

Post Name Deputy Prime Minister *Katsuya Okada (also in charge of social security, tax system reform)

Finance Jun Azumi

Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba

Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano

Defence *Naoki Tanaka

Environment, Nuclear Disaster Goshi Hosono

Justice *Toshio Ogawa

Internal Affairs and Communication Tatsuo Kawabata

Health, Labour and Welfare Yoko Komiyama

Education, Culture, Sports and Science *Hirofumi Hirano

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Michihiko Kano

Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Takeshi Maeda

Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura

State Minister in charge of: Economic and fiscal policy, national strategy Motohisa Furukawa

Postal Reform, Financial Affairs Shozaburo Jimi (Jimi is from the centre-left Democratic Party of Japan's junior coalition partner, People's New Party.)

Public Security, North Korean abduction issue, Consumer Affairs, Food Safety *Jin Matsubara

Reconstruction from disaster Tatsuo Hirano