Rebuilding the country's economy in the face of the world financial crisis is also a priority, Noda said, adding that he did not want to see industries leave Japan or its debts mount any higher.
And I'll have a meeting with Prime Minister Noda later this afternoon and I'll get a sense from him about the degree to which Japan wants to go through the difficult process involved.
Mr Noda's supporters insist that his urgency in ending the DPJ's infighting is because Mr Noda has a strong sense of crisis.
In Japan, Mr Noda cancelled a speech minutes after the broadcast from Pyongyang and rushed back to his office to chair an emergency meeting of senior ministers.
Last month, Noda issued a sobering and reflective assessment of his country's recovery a year after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
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Since his election victory on Sunday, Mr. Hollande has spoken with a slew of world leaders, including President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and prepared a string of international meetings that will start right after he is sworn in next week.
Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda has named a new finance minister, in a reshuffle aimed at revitalising his cabinet.
Yoshihiko Noda takes over a nation struggling to rebuild after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March triggered a nuclear disaster.
Finance Minister Noda speaking on a weekend talk-show that he was watching closely and stood prepared to take further bold and decisive action.
At a news conference Friday, Noda said his highest priority is the reconstruction and restoration of the areas hit by the earthquake and tsunami.
Mr Tanaka had been justice minister for just over three weeks, following a cabinet reshuffle by Mr Noda aimed at revitalising his cabinet in the face of poor poll numbers.
Of critical importance, and in contrast to both Hatoyama and Kan, Noda has evidenced a willingness to face down dissenters within the DPJ to push for now long-overdue Japanese participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade liberalization talks, and accession to a subsequent agreement.
The last, headed by Noda Yoshihiko, was a great improvement, showing that the DPJ had climbed the learning curve.
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Prime Minister Noda of Japan set a high bar for us, so we are going to try to follow your footsteps.
And you saw Prime Minister Noda's announcement a day or so ago, about Japan's intention to begin consultations towards joining the TPP.
So now it is a horserace, by all accounts with Noda and Maehara in the lead.
The main opposition party is demanding Mr. Noda first dissolve parliament for a snap election.
However, analysts say expectations are low that Noda, who was considered a dark horse contender as prime minister, will be the man to right Japan.
And I want to thank publicly Prime Minister Noda for having taken such a constructive approach to an issue that has been lingering in our bilateral relationship for quite some time.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda also raised security concerns in a meeting with Mr Obama.
Yet using skills honed at Funabashi station, Mr Noda pulled off what supporters call a miracle.
Analysts say that though Mr Noda believes in the TPP as a means to bring about a more competitive economy, he has yet to convince the public of its merits.
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Before gaining appointment to the position of finance minister in June 2010, Noda served as deputy finance minister for a year.
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Second, the LDP can block much of Mr Noda's legislative platform because of a debilitating feature of Japanese politics: the power of the upper house of the Diet (parliament).
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has vowed to push ahead with a plan to raise the 5% sales tax to 8% in 2014 and then to 10% in 2015, and to submit legislation to parliament by the end of March.
Next, the President will welcome Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan to the White House for a bilateral meeting.
This was a topic of extensive discussion between myself and Prime Minister Noda.
Japanese political kingpin Ichiro Ozawa unveiled a new party, pledging to overturn Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's bill to double the nation's sales tax.
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