Who did Yoshihiko Noda compete against in the runoff vote for PM position?
Shinzo Abe
Naoto Kan
Junichiro Koizumi
Banri Kaieda
Answer
Yoshihiko Noda was the prime minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012. He was elected to the position in a runoff vote against Banri Kaieda, who had been the finance minister under Noda's predecessor, Naoto Kan. Noda's victory was seen as a sign of the public's dissatisfaction with the Kan administration's handling of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
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