Noda Utarō

Noda Utarō (野田 卯太郎, 21 December 1853 – 23 February 1927) was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-World War II Empire of Japan.

He became active in politics, supporting the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, serving in the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly in 1886.

He was secretary-general of the Rikken Seiyūkai political party in 1912, and became vice president of the Oriental Development Company in 1913.

He subsequently served as Minister of Commerce and Industry under the Katō Tomosaburō administration in 1925.

Noda was also a poet, noted for the nationalistic themes in his works, and was a close correspondent with Tōyama Mitsuru and Nakano Seigō, with whom he cooperated in the creation of the Kokushikan University in 1917.