Naoto Kan

**Naoto Kan** (born 10 October 1946) is a Japanese politician and former Prime Minister of Japan. In June 2010 he was elected as prime minister. He was the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan. Naoto Kan studied law and is a patent attorney by profession. Kan resigned as prime minister on 26 August 2011 after many people were critical of his leadership following the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Yoshihiko Noda was appointed as his successor.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Naoto Kan
- **honorific-prefix**: Excellency, His Excellency
- **native name lang**: ja
- **image**: File:Kan Naoto (2016).jpg
- **caption**: Kan in 2016
- **office**: Prime Minister of Japan
- **monarch**: Akihito
- **term start**: 8 June 2010
- **term end**: 2 September 2011
- **predecessor**: Yukio Hatoyama
- **successor**: Yoshihiko Noda
- **office1**: Leader of the Opposition (Japan), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start1**: 31 December 1997
- **term end1**: 25 September 1999
- **predecessor1**: Ichirō Ozawa
- **successor1**: Yukio Hatoyama
- **office2**: Minister of Finance (Japan), Minister of Finance
- **primeminister2**: Yukio Hatoyama
- **term start2**: 6 January 2010
- **term end2**: 8 June 2010
- **predecessor2**: Hirohisa Fujii
- **successor2**: Yoshihiko Noda
- **office3**: Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
- **primeminister3**: Yukio Hatoyama
- **term start3**: 16 September 2009
- **term end3**: 8 June 2010
- **predecessor3**: Wataru Kubo (1996)
- **successor3**: Katsuya Okada (2012)
- **office4**: Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
- **primeminister4**: Yukio Hatoyama
- **term start4**: 16 September 2009
- **term end4**: 8 June 2010
- **predecessor4**: Yoshimasa Hayashi
- **successor4**: Satoshi Arai
- **office5**: Minister of State in charge of National Strategy
- **primeminister5**: Yukio Hatoyama
- **term start5**: 16 September 2009
- **term end5**: 6 January 2010
- **predecessor5**: Position established
- **successor5**: Yoshito Sengoku
- **office6**: Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
- **primeminister6**: Yukio Hatoyama
- **term start6**: 16 September 2009
- **term end6**: 6 January 2010
- **predecessor6**: Seiko Noda
- **successor6**: Tatsuo Kawabata
- **office7**: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan), Minister of Health and Welfare
- **primeminister7**: Ryutaro Hashimoto
- **term start7**: 11 January 1996
- **term end7**: 7 November 1996
- **predecessor7**: Chūryō Morii
- **successor7**: Junichiro Koizumi
- **office8**: Member of the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives
- **term start8**: 17 July 1980
- **constituency8**: Tokyo 18th district, Tokyo-18th (2017–present, 1996–2012)
Tokyo proportional representation block, Tokyo PR block (2012–2017)
Tokyo 7th district (1947–93), Tokyo-7th (1983–1996)
- **birth place**: Ube, Yamaguchi, Occupation of Japan, Empire of Japan
- **party**: Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, CDP
- **otherparty**: Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan), SDF (before 1993)
New Party Sakigake, NPS (1993–1996)
Democratic Party (Japan, 1996), DPJ(96) (1996–1998)
Democratic Party (Japan, 1998), DPJ(98) (1998–2016)
Democratic Party (Japan, 2016), DP (2016–17)
- **children**: 2
- **alma mater**: Tokyo Institute of Technology
- **website**: [http://www.n-kan.jp/ Official website]