Hata Cabinet | |
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 80thCabinet of Japan | |
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| Date formed | April 28, 1994 |
| Date dissolved | June 30, 1994 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | EmperorAkihito |
| Head of government | Tsutomu Hata |
| Member party | JRP–Komeito–JNP-DSP-Liberal Reform League Coalition |
| Status in legislature | Coalition minority |
| Opposition party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Opposition leader | Yōhei Kōno |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Hosokawa Cabinet |
| Successor | Murayama Cabinet |
TheHata Cabinet governed Japan for two months from April 28 to June 30, 1994, under the leadership ofTsutomu Hata of theJapan Renewal Party.
Hata became Prime Minister following the resignation ofMorihiro Hosokawa as head of thecoalition government that had come to power following the1993 general election. In the aftermath of the resignation, theJapan Socialist Party supported Hata's candidacy but left the coalition due to differences over defense policy with the more conservativeJRP, reducing the government to minority status in theHouse of Representatives.[1] This led to the fall of the government in June, when the Socialists formed a coalition deal with their traditional rivals, theLiberal Democratic Party and Hata resigned in favor ofTomiichi Murayama rather than face aconfidence vote and force new elections.[2] The Hata cabinet had the shortest tenure of any in postwar Japanese history at 63 days in office, two days less than the Ishibashi cabinet. The parties that made up the coalition would later merge to form theNew Frontier Party in December 1994.[3]
| House of Representatives | |||
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| Choice | First Vote | ||
| Votes | |||
 YTsutomu Hata | 274 / 511 | ||
| Yohei Kono | 207 / 511 | ||
| Tetsuzo Fuwa | 15 / 511 | ||
| Blank Ballot | 6 / 511 | ||
| Abstentions (Including Speaker and Deputy) | 9 / 511 | ||
| SourcePolitical Data: Japanese Politics 1994 | |||
Renewal
Komeito
Democratic Socialist
Japan New
Liberal Reform League
Independent
R = Member of theHouse of Representatives
C = Member of theHouse of Councillors
| Portfolio | Minister | Term of Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Tsutomu Hata | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Justice | Shigeto Nagano [ja] | C | April 28, 1994 - May 8, 1994 | |
| Hiroshi Nakai | R | May 8, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | ||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Koji Kakizawa | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Finance | Hirohisa Fujii | R | August 9, 1993 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Education | Ryōko Akamatsu | - | August 9, 1993 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | Keigo Ōuchi | R | August 9, 1993 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Mutsuki Kato | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | Ejiro Hata | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Transport | Nobuaki Futami | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | Katsuyuki Higasa | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Labour | Kunio Hatoyama | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Construction | Koji Morimoto | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Minister of Home Affairs Director of theNational Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of political reform | Hajime Ishii | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Hiroshi Kumagai | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Director of the Management and Coordination Agency | Koshiro Ishida | R | August 9, 1993 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Director of theJapan Defense Agency | Atsushi Kanda | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency | Yoshio Terasawa | C | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Director of the Science and Technology Agency | Mikio Omi | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Director of the Environment Agency | Toshiko Hamayotsu | C | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Director of the National Land Agency | Megumu Sato | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
| Director of theHokkaido Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Development Agency | Moriyoshi Sato | R | April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994 | |
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