Tsutomu Hata | |||||||||||||||||||||
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羽田 孜 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Official portrait, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister of Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Akihito | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Morihiro Hosokawa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tomiichi Murayama | ||||||||||||||||||||
| President of theJapan Renewal Party | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 23 June 1993 – 9 December 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Prime Minister of Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Morihiro Hosokawa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Masaharu Gotoda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yohei Kono | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Morihiro Hosokawa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Kabun Muto | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Koji Kakizawa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Finance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ryutaro Hashimoto Toshiki Kaifu (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yoshiro Hayashi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 27 December 1988 – 3 June 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Noboru Takeshita | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Takashi Sato | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hisao Horinouchi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 December 1985 – 22 July 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Moriyoshi Sato | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mutsuki Kato | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 27 December 1969 – 16 December 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bushirō Hata | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yoshiyuki Terashima | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Nagano 2nd (1969–1996) Nagano 3rd (1996–2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1935-08-24)24 August 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 August 2017(2017-08-28) (aged 82) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Renewal (1993–1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | LDP (1969–1993) NFP (1994–1996) Sun (1996–1998) GGP (1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP (2016–2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | Yuichiro Hata Jiro Hata | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Seijo University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tsutomu Hata (羽田 孜,Hata Tsutomu; 24 August 1935 – 28 August 2017) was a Japanesepolitician who briefly served asprime minister of Japan in 1994.
Born in Tokyo, Hata graduated fromSeijo University and was first elected to theNational Diet in 1969. He rose to become a key member of theLiberal Democratic Party'sTanaka/Takeshita faction, and served as agriculture, forests, and fisheries minister in the 1980s and finance minister from 1991 to 1992. AfterKeizō Obuchi took over the faction, Hata formed theJapan Renewal Party in 1993, which joined in the anti-LDP coalition which formedMorihiro Hosokawa's government. Hata served as foreign minister, then replaced Hosokawa as prime minister when he resigned. However, theJapan Socialist Party soon left the coalition, causing it to collapse. Hata lost leadership of his party when it merged with theNew Frontier Party, then formed his ownSun Party, which in turn merged with theGood Governance Party thenDemocratic Party in 1998. Hata became secretary-general of the party, and remained one of its senior advisors until his death.
Hata was born inTokyo on 24 August 1935,[1] a son of theLiberal Democratic PartyMember of Parliament Bushiro Hata. Hata graduated fromSeijo University and was employed by theOdakyu bus company from 1958 to 1969.
In 1969, Hata entered theHouse of Representatives of Japan, representingNagano Prefecture as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He rose to become a top lieutenant in theTanaka/Takeshita faction in the 1980s.
In 1991, he served asMinister of Finance underKiichi Miyazawa. He left the LDP in 1993 to found theJapan Renewal Party with longtime LDP allyIchirō Ozawa, which became part ofMorihiro Hosokawa's anti-LDP coalition government later that year. Hata served as foreign minister in the Hosokawa cabinet.
On 28 April 1994, Hosokawa resigned and Hatabecame prime minister. However, theJapan Socialist Party had recently left the coalition, destroying its majority in theDiet. Rather than face a vote of no confidence, Hata elected to resign in June, allowing SDP leaderTomiichi Murayama to take over the position on 30 June.
A number of progressive reforms were introduced during Hata's tenure as prime minister. A law passed on 17 June 1994 to amend the Law concerning Stabilization of Employment for Older Persons aimed to encourage employers to plan continuous employment for older employees after the age of 60, as well as to prohibit employers from setting a compulsory retirement age lower than 60 and appoint public corporations as centres "for the practical use of older workers' experience." On 22 June 1994, the Support Centre for Employment of the Disabled was established by law to provide practical advice, vocational training, and information to disabled workers and employers. A health insurance amendment law passed on 29 June 1994 exempted employees from the requirement to pay National Health Insurance fees during child-care leave.[2]
After the Shinseito merged into theShinshinto in late 1994, Hata contested the leadership against Ichiro Ozawa. After losing this contest, he and twelve other Diet members formed the splinterSun Party (太陽党 Taiyōtō). The Sun Party in January 1998 became a part of theGood Governance Party which itself was subsumed by theDemocratic Party of Japan in April 1998.
Hata's son,Yuichiro (1967–2020), was a member of theHouse of Councillors of Japan. He was appointed theMinister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on 4 June 2012.[3] Tsutomu "Too Hot" Hata is recognized as the godfather of the Hacket, a short sleeve blazer which he also coined as an "E-cool suit". Hata was ahead of his time in this regard and concern for sensiblesustainable fashion.[4]
Hata died of natural causes on 28 August 2017 in Tokyo, four days after his 82nd birthday.[5]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1985–1986 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1988–1989 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 1991–1992 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993–1994 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Japan 1993–1994 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Japan 1994 | Succeeded by |
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