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First Yoshida Cabinet

{{Short description|Cabinet of Japan (1946–1947)}}

{{Infobox government cabinet|cabinet_name=First Yoshida Cabinet|last_election=1947 Japanese general election|predecessor=Shidehara Cabinet|outgoing_formation=|incoming_formation=|advice_and_consent1=|budget=|legislature_term=90th-92nd Imperial Diet
1st National Diet|cabinet_type=|election=1946 Japanese general election|opposition_leader=|opposition_parties=Japan Socialist Party
Japanese Communist Party
Japan Cooperative Party|opposition_cabinet=|legislature_status=Majority (coalition)|political_parties=(Allied occupation)
Liberal Party
Japan Progressive Party
(until March 31, 1947)
Democratic Party
(from March 31, 1947)|former_members_number=|total_number=|image=250px|state_head=Hirohito|cabinet_number=45th|jurisdiction=Japan|flag=Flag of Japan.svg|flag_border=true|incumbent=|caption=|date_formed=May 22, 1946|members_number=|date_dissolved=May 24, 1947|government_head_title=Prime Minister|government_head=Shigeru Yoshida|government_head_history=|deputy_government_head=Kijūrō Shidehara
(from May 3, 1947)|state_head_title=Emperor|successor=Katayama Cabinet}}

The First Yoshida Cabinet was the 45th Cabinet of Japan led by Shigeru Yoshida from 22 May 1946 to 24 May 1947, during the Allied occupation.

Cabinet

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|+Ministers

scope="col" width="20%" |Portfolio

! scope="col" width="15%" |Name

! colspan="2" scope="col" width="13.5%" |Political party

! scope="col" width="12.5%" |Term start

! scope="col" width="12.5%" |Term end

style="text-align: left;" |Prime Minister

|Shigeru Yoshida

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" width="0.5%" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister for Foreign Affairs

|Shigeru Yoshida

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Home Affairs

|Seiichi Ōmura

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|January 31, 1947

Minister of Finance

|Tanzan Ishibashi

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

First Minister of Demobilization

|Shigeru Yoshida

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|June 15, 1946

Second Minister of Demobilization

|Shigeru Yoshida

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|June 15, 1946

Minister of Justice

|Tokutarō Kimura

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Education

|Kōtarō Tanaka

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|January 31, 1947

Minister of Health

|Yoshinari Kawai

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|May 22, 1947

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

|Hiroo Wada

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|January 31, 1947

Minister of Commerce and Industry

|Nirō Hoshijima

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|January 31, 1947

Minister of Transport

|Tsunejirō Hiratsuka

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|January 31, 1947

Minister of Communications

|Sadayoshi Hitotsumatsu

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|July 1, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State

President of the Demobilization Board (from June 15, 1946)

|Baron Kijūrō Shidehara

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State

President of the Administrative Research Board (from October 28, 1946)

|Takao Saitō

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State

|Sadayoshi Hitotsumatsu

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|May 22, 1946

|July 1, 1946

Minister of State

|Etsujirō Uehara

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|January 31, 1947

Minister of State

|Tokujiro Kanamori

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|June 19, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State

Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board (from August 12, 1946)
Chief of the Price Board (from August 12, 1946)

|Keinosuke Zen

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|July 23, 1946

|January 31, 1947

Chief Cabinet Secretary

|Jōji Hayashi

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

|Toshio Irie

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

rowspan="2" |Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

|Shirō Kiuchi

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|June 14, 1946

Hideo Sutō

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|June 14, 1946

|May 24, 1947

colspan="6" |Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
Portfolio

!Name

! colspan="2" |Political party

!Term start

!Term end

Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

|Shūji Masutani

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

rowspan="2" |Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs

|Banboku Ōno

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|June 22, 1946

Sekō Kōichi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 22, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance

|Uetsuka Tsukasa

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice

|Furushima Yoshihide

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education

|Nagano Nagahiro

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

|Ōishi Rinji

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry

|Kobayashi Kanae

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Transport

|Matsuda Masakazu

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health

|Hattori Iwakichi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications

|Nakagawa Shigeharu

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|July 1, 1946

|May 24, 1947

colspan="6" |Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio

!Name

! colspan="2" |Political party

!Term start

!Term end

Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs

|Shiotsuki Manabu

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs

|Katsura Sakuzō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance

|Shibata Hyōichirō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice

|Nakamura Mataichi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education

|Hanamura Shirō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

|Suzuki Kyōhei

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry

|Okonogi Utaji

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Transport

|Tsuji Kanichi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health

|Satō Hisao

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}};" |

|Progressive

|June 4, 1946

|March 4, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications

|Yamamura Shinjirō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|July 1, 1946

|March 4, 1947

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colspan="6" |Source:{{Cite web |title=First Yoshida Cabinet |url=http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/rekidai/kakuryo/45.html |website=Prime Minister's Official Residence}}

Reshuffled Cabinet

A Cabinet reshuffle took place on January 31, 1947.

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

|+Ministers

scope="col" width="20%" |Portfolio

! scope="col" width="15%" |Name

! colspan="2" scope="col" width="13.5%" |Political party

! scope="col" width="12.5%" |Term start

! scope="col" width="12.5%" |Term end

style="text-align: left;" |Prime Minister

|Shigeru Yoshida

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" width="0.5%" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Deputy Prime Minister

|Kijūrō Shidehara

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|May 3, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Minister for Foreign Affairs

|Shigeru Yoshida

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Home Affairs

|Etsujirō Uehara

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|January 31, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Finance
Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board (until March 20, 1947)
Chief of the Price Board (until March 20, 1947)

|Tanzan Ishibashi

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Justice

|Tokutarō Kimura

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Education

|Seiichirō Takahashi

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|January 31, 1947

|May 24, 1947

rowspan="2" |Minister of Health

|Yoshinari Kawai

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|May 22, 1947

Shigeru Yoshida (acting)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1947

|May 24, 1947

rowspan="2" |Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

|Shigeru Yoshida

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|January 31, 1947

|February 15, 1947

Kozaemon Kimura

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|February 15, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Commerce and Industry

|Mitsujirō Ishii

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|January 31, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Transport

|Kaneshichi Masuda

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|January 31, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Minister of Communications

|Sadayoshi Hitotsumatsu

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|July 1, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State
President of the Demobilization Board (from June 15, 1946)

|Kijūrō Shidehara

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State
President of the Administrative Research Board (from October 28, 1946)

|Takao Saitō

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State

|Tokujiro Kanamori

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|June 19, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State

|Tanzan Ishibashi

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|January 31, 1947

|March 20, 1947

Minister of State

|Nirō Hoshijima

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|January 31, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State

|Manitsu Tanaka

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|February 26, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Minister of State
Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board (from March 20, 1947)
Chief of the Price Board (from March 20, 1947)

|Sōtarō Takase

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|March 20, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Chief Cabinet Secretary

|Jōji Hayashi

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

|Toshio Irie

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

rowspan="2" |Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

|Shirō Kiuchi

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|May 22, 1946

|June 14, 1946

Hideo Sutō

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

|Independent

|June 14, 1946

|May 24, 1947

colspan="6" |Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
Portfolio

!Name

! colspan="2" |Political party

!Term start

!Term end

Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

|Honda Eisaku

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs

|Hayashi Ren

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance

|Kitamura Tokutarō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice

|Kitaura Keitarō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education

|Aoki Takayoshi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

|Mori Kōtarō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

rowspan="2" |Parliamentary Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry

|Shigeru Hori

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|April 28, 1947

colspan="3" |Vacancy

|April 28, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Transport

|Aizawa Kan

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health

|Ogasawara Yasomi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications

|Nakagawa Shigeharu

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|July 1, 1946

|May 24, 1947

colspan="6" |Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio

!Name

! colspan="2" |Political party

!Term start

!Term end

Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs

|Kenzaburō Hara

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs

|Mikio Mizuta

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance

|Takahashi Eikichi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice

|Yoshida An

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education

|Kawasaki Hideji

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

|Homma Shunichi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry

|Suzuki Sempachi

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" |

|Liberal

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Transport

| colspan="3" |Vacancy

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health

|Terashima Ryūtarō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 24, 1947

rowspan="2" |Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications

|Tsubokawa Shinzō

|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" |

|Democratic

|March 4, 1947

|May 23, 1947

colspan="3" |Vacancy

|May 23, 1947

|May 24, 1947

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colspan="6" |Source:

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