Hata Cabinet

Hata Cabinet
80th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata
Date formed	April 28, 1994
Date dissolved	June 30, 1994
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
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

The Hata Cabinet governed Japan for two months from April 28 to June 30, 1994, under the leadership of Tsutomu Hata of the Japan Renewal Party.

Political background

Hata became Prime Minister following the resignation of Morihiro Hosokawa as head of the coalition government that had come to power following the 1993 general election. In the aftermath of the resignation, the Japan Socialist Party supported Hata's candidacy but left the coalition due to differences over defence policy with the more conservative JRP, reducing the government to minority status in the House of Representatives. This led to the fall of the government in June, when the Socialists formed a coalition deal with their traditional rivals, the Liberal Democratic Party and Hata resigned in favour of Tomiichi Murayama rather than face a confidence vote and force new elections. 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 the New Frontier Party in December 1994.

Election of the Prime Minister

25 April 1994
Absolute majority (256/511) required

House of Representatives
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
Source Political Data: Japanese Politics 1994

Ministers

  Renewal
  Komeito
  Democratic Socialist
  Japan New
  Liberal Reform League
  Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors

Cabinet of Tsutomu Hata from April 28 to June 30, 1994

Portfolio	Minister			Term of Office
Prime Minister	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Tsutomu Hata	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Justice	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Shigeto Nagano	C	April 28, 1994 - May 8, 1994
	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)/meta/color" |	Hiroshi Nakai	R	May 8, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Foreign Affairs	style="background-color: Template:Liberal League (Japan)/meta/color" |	Koji Kakizawa	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Finance	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Hirohisa Fujii	R	August 9, 1993 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Education	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" |	Ryoko Akamatsu	-	August 9, 1993 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Health and Welfare	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)/meta/color" |	Keigo Ouchi	R	August 9, 1993 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Mutsuki Kato	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of International Trade and Industry	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Ejiro Hata	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Transport	style="background-color: Template:Komeito/meta/color" |	Nobuaki Futami	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications	style="background-color: Template:Komeito/meta/color" |	Katsuyuki Higasa	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Labour	style="background-color: Template:Liberal/meta/color" |	Kunio Hatoyama	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Construction	style="background-color: Template:Komeito/meta/color" |	Koji Morimoto	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Minister of Home Affairs Director of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of political reform	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Hajime Ishii	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Chief Cabinet Secretary	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Hiroshi Kumagai	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency	style="background-color: Template:Komeito/meta/color" |	Koshiro Ishida	R	August 9, 1993 - June 30, 1994
Director of the Japan Defense Agency	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)/meta/color" |	Atsushi Kanda	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Director of the Economic Planning Agency	style="background-color: Template:Japan New Party/meta/color" |	Yoshio Terasawa	C	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Director of the Science and Technology Agency	style="background-color: Template:Komeito/meta/color" |	Mikio Omi	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Director of the Environment Agency	style="background-color: Template:Komeito/meta/color" |	Toshiko Hamayotsu	C	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Director of the National Land Agency	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Megumu Sato	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994
Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Development Agency	style="background-color: Template:Japan Renewal Party/meta/color" |	Moriyoshi Sato	R	April 28, 1994 - June 30, 1994

Changes

• May 8 - Justice Minister Shigeto Nagano resigned after claiming that the Nanjing Massacre had not occurred and was replaced with Hiroshi Nakai.

External links

• List of Ministers at the Kantei: Hata Cabinet (in Japanese)