Higashikuni Cabinet
{{Short description|Cabinet of Japan (August 17 - October 9, 1945)}}
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The Higashikuni Cabinet is the 43rd Cabinet of Japan led by Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni from August 17 to October 9, 1945.
The Allied occupation began on 28 August 1945 following the surrender of Japan. The Cabinet's principal task was to preserve the integrity of the Japanese government in the chaotic aftermath of the Kyūjō incident and oversee the disbanding of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. Following a dispute with Allied commanders over the repeal of the Peace Preservation Law, the Cabinet resigned on 9 October and was succeeded by the Shidehara Cabinet.
Cabinet
| class="wikitable unsortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="6" |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
| style="color:inherit;background:#dfd29f"| |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| rowspan="2" |Minister for Foreign Affairs
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |September 17, 1945 |
| Shigeru Yoshida
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |September 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of Home Affairs
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of Finance
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| rowspan="2" |Minister of the Army
| style="color:inherit;background:#dfd29f"| |August 17, 1945 |August 23, 1945 |
| Sadamu Shimomura
|style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" | |August 23, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of the Navy
| style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" | |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of Justice
|Iwata Chūzō | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| rowspan="2" |Minister of Education
|Matsumura Kenzō | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |August 18, 1945 |
| Maeda Tamon
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 18, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of Health
|Matsumura Kenzō | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of Greater East Asia
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |August 26, 1945 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
|Sengoku Kōtarō | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |August 26, 1945 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
|Sengoku Kōtarō |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 26, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of Munitions
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |August 26, 1945 |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 26, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of Transport
|Kobiyama Naoto | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of State
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of State
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Minister of State
|Obata Toshirō | style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" | |August 19, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
|style="color:inherit;background:#bfbfbf" | |September 19, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
|Murase Naokai | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent}};" | |Independent |August 17, 1945 |October 9, 1945 |
| colspan="6" | |
| colspan="6" |Source:{{Cite web |title=Higashikuni no miya Cabinet |url=http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/rekidai/kakuryo/43.html |website=Prime Minister's Official Residence}} |