Hosokawa Cabinet

{{Infobox government cabinet

|cabinet_name=Hosokawa Cabinet

|flag=Flag of Japan.svg

|flag_border=true

|cabinet_number=79th

|jurisdiction=Japan

|image=250px

|date_formed=August 9, 1993

|date_dissolved=April 28, 1994

|state_head_title=Emperor

|state_head=Akihito

|government_head_title=Prime Minister

|government_head=Morihiro Hosokawa

|deputy_government_head_title = Deputy Prime Minister

|deputy_government_head = Tsutomu Hata

|political_parties={{ublist|

{{Color box|{{party color|Japan New Party}}|border=darkgray}} Japan New Party
{{Color box|{{party color|Japan Renewal Party}}|border=darkgray}} Japan Renewal Party
{{Color box|{{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}|border=darkgray}} Japan Socialist Party
{{Color box|{{party color|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}|border=darkgray}} Kōmeitō
{{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Democratic Socialist Party
{{Color box|{{party color|New Party Sakigake}}|border=darkgray}} New Party Sakigake
{{Color box|{{party color|Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Socialist Democratic Federation

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|opposition_parties={{ublist|

{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Liberal Democratic Party
{{Color box|{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}|border=darkgray}} Japanese Communist Party

}}

|opposition_leader = Yōhei Kōno (LDP)

|legislature_status = Majority (coalition) (Lower House) {{Composition bar|262|511|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|election=40th general election (1993)

|predecessor=Miyazawa Cabinet
(Reshuffle)

|successor=Hata Cabinet

}}

The Hosokawa Cabinet governed Japan from August 9, 1993, to April 28, 1994 under the premiership of Morihiro Hosokawa. In Japan, his administration is generally referred to as a representative example of non-LDP and non-JCP Coalition.

Political background

Formed in the aftermath of the 1993 general election, this cabinet was a broad based coalition of parties of both left (the JSP, SDF and DSP), right (JRP, JNP and NPS) and religious politics (Komeito). A series of defections had cost the LDP its majority before the 1993 election, after which all non-Communist opposition parties coalesced with the aim of creating the first non-LDP government in 38 years and achieving electoral reform. Despite the fact that the conservative Japan Renewal Party and the left-wing Japan Socialist Party were the largest parties in the coalition, Ichirō Ozawa (who negotiated the formation of the government) and his allies in the JRP pushed for Morihiro Hosokawa, a former governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and the leader of the small Japan New Party, to lead the government. Hosokawa was elected by the Diet on August 6, and took office as the first non-LDP Prime Minister for four decades. The Prime Minister himself was the only New Party member of the cabinet, which was mostly dominated by the JRP and the Socialists.{{cite news|last1=McCarthy |first1=Terry |title=Hosokawa plays safe with cabinet |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/hosokawa-plays-safe-with-cabinet-japanese-pm-chooses-conservative-team-committed-to-continuity-in-1460233.html |accessdate=8 December 2016 |work=The Independent |date=9 August 1993 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310005628/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/hosokawa-plays-safe-with-cabinet-japanese-pm-chooses-conservative-team-committed-to-continuity-in-1460233.html |archivedate=10 March 2016 }}

The coalition achieved Hosokawa's goal of electoral reform, replacing the previous system of multi-member districts with a combined system of single-member districts, elected by first past the post, and blocs of proportional representation candidates. But having achieved this, and replaced the LDP, the unifying purpose of the coalition was lost and ideological differences between the parties, especially over tax and defence policy, began to split the cabinet.{{cite journal|last1=Shiratori|first1=Rei|title=Description of Japanese Politics 1994|journal=European Journal of Political Research|date=1995|volume= 28|url=http://www2n.biglobe.ne.jp/~rei/next42e.htm|accessdate=7 December 2016}}{{cite news|title=Fragile position: Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/02/03/fragile-position-prime-minister-morihiro-hosokawa-announced/ |access-date=8 December 2016 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=3 February 1994 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110085758/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-02-03/business/9402030305_1_fragile-ruling-coalition-national-sales-tax-prime-minister-morihiro-hosokawa |archive-date=10 January 2014 }} Following revelations of a campaign finance scandal, Hosokawa announced his surprise resignation on April 8, 1994.{{cite news|last1=SANGER |first1=DAVID E. |title=JAPANESE PREMIER SAYS HE WILL QUIT AS SCANDAL GROWS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/world/japanese-premier-says-he-will-quit-as-scandal-grows.html |accessdate=8 December 2016 |work=New York Times |date=8 April 1994 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526102348/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/world/japanese-premier-says-he-will-quit-as-scandal-grows.html |archivedate=26 May 2015 }}{{cite news|last1=WATANABE |first1=TERESA |title=Premier's Abrupt Resignation Leaves Japan in Shock |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-09-mn-43907-story.html |access-date=8 December 2016 |work=LA Times |date=9 April 1994 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208005913/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-09/news/mn-43907_1_foreign-minister/2 |archive-date=8 December 2016 }} After several weeks of negotiations, foreign minister Tsutomu Hata of the JRP became Prime Minister on April 28.{{cite journal|last1=Shiratori|first1=Rei|title=Description of Japanese Politics 1994|journal=European Journal of Political Research|date=1995|volume= 28|url=http://www2n.biglobe.ne.jp/~rei/next42e.htm|accessdate=7 December 2016}}

Election of the prime minister

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" \|+ August 6, 1993 {{small\|Absolute majority (256/511) required}}
colspan="4"\| House of Representatives
align="left" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="100"\| Choice ! colspan="2"\| First Vote
width="100"\| Votes
style="background:lightgreen;" \| width="1" bgcolor="green"\| \| align="left"\| {{tick}}Morihiro Hosokawa \| {{Composition bar\|262\|511\|hex=green}}
bgcolor="red"\| \| align="left"\| Yōhei Kōno \| {{Composition bar\|224\|511\|hex=red}}
bgcolor="gray"\| \| align="left"\| Others and Abstentions (Including Speaker and Deputy) \| {{Composition bar\|25\|511\|hex=gray}}
colspan=3\| Source{{cite book\|last1=Banks\|first1=Arthur S.\|last2=Day\|first2=Alan J.\|last3=Muller\|first3=Thomas C.\|title=Political Handbook of the World 1998\|pages=475}}

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

|+ August 6, 1993
{{small|Absolute majority (256/511) required}}

colspan="4"| House of Representatives

align="left" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="100"| Choice

! colspan="2"| First Vote

width="100"| Votes

style="background:lightgreen;"

| width="1" bgcolor="green"|

| align="left"| {{tick}}Morihiro Hosokawa

| {{Composition bar|262|511|hex=green}}

bgcolor="red"|

| align="left"| Yōhei Kōno

| {{Composition bar|224|511|hex=red}}

bgcolor="gray"|

| align="left"| Others and Abstentions (Including Speaker and Deputy)

| {{Composition bar|25|511|hex=gray}}

colspan=3| Source{{cite book|last1=Banks|first1=Arthur S.|last2=Day|first2=Alan J.|last3=Muller|first3=Thomas C.|title=Political Handbook of the World 1998|pages=475}}

Ministers

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{{legend2|{{party color|Komeito}}|Komeito|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)}}|Democratic Socialist|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}|Socialist|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Independent}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

R = Member of the House of Representatives

C = Member of the House of Councillors

class="wikitable" \|+ Cabinet of Morihiro Hosokawa from August 9, 1993, to April 28, 1994 ! Portfolio ! colspan=3 \| Minister ! Term of Office
Prime Minister ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan New Party}}" \| \| Morihiro Hosokawa \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Chief Cabinet Secretary ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|New Party Sakigake}}" \| \| Masayoshi Takemura \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Renewal Party}}" \| \| Tsutomu Hata \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Justice ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Independent}}" \| \| Akira Mikazuki \| - \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Finance ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Renewal Party}}" \| \| Hirohisa Fujii \| R \| August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994
Minister of Education ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Independent}}" \| \| Ryōko Akamatsu \| - \| August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994
Minister of Health and Welfare ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)}}" \| \| Keigo Ōuchi \| R \| August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994
Minister of Labour ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Komeito}}" \| \| Chikara Sakaguchi \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Renewal Party}}" \| \| {{Ill\|Eijiro Hata\|lt=Eijiro Hata\|ja\|畑英次郎}} \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of International Trade and Industry ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Renewal Party}}" \| \| Hiroshi Kumagai \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Transport ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" \| \| Shigeru Itō \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Construction ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" \| \| Kozo Igarashi \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Home Affairs Director of the National Public Safety Commission ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" \| \| Kanju Sato \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Komeito}}" \| \| Takenori Kanzaki \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Komeito}}" \| \| Koshiro Ishida \| R \| August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994
rowspan=2\| Director of the Japan Defense Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Renewal Party}}" \| \| Keisuke Nakanishi \| R \| August 9, 1993 – December 1, 1993
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Renewal Party}}" \| \| Kazuo Aichi \| R \| December 1, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the National Land Agency Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Development Agency Development, ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" \| \| Kosuke Uehara \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the Economic Planning Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" \| \| Manae Kubota \| C \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the Environment Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Komeito}}" \| \| Wakako Hironaka \| C \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Director of the Science and Technology Agency ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \| Satsuki Eda \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994
Minister of State (in charge of political reform) ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" \| \| Sadao Yamahana \| R \| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

class="wikitable"

|+ Cabinet of Morihiro Hosokawa from August 9, 1993, to April 28, 1994

! Portfolio

! colspan=3 | Minister

! Term of Office

Prime Minister

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan New Party}}" |

| Morihiro Hosokawa

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Chief Cabinet Secretary

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|New Party Sakigake}}" |

| Masayoshi Takemura

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Renewal Party}}" |

| Tsutomu Hata

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of Justice

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

| Akira Mikazuki

| -

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of Finance

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Renewal Party}}" |

| Hirohisa Fujii

| R

| August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994

Minister of Education

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

| Ryōko Akamatsu

| -

| August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994

Minister of Health and Welfare

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)}}" |

| Keigo Ōuchi

| R

| August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994

Minister of Labour

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |

| Chikara Sakaguchi

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Renewal Party}}" |

| {{Ill|Eijiro Hata|lt=Eijiro Hata|ja|畑英次郎}}

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of International Trade and Industry

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Renewal Party}}" |

| Hiroshi Kumagai

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of Transport

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}" |

| Shigeru Itō

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of Construction

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}" |

| Kozo Igarashi

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of Home Affairs
Director of the National Public Safety Commission

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}" |

| Kanju Sato

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |

| Takenori Kanzaki

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Director of the Management and Coordination Agency

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |

| Koshiro Ishida

| R

| August 9, 1993 – June 30, 1994

rowspan=2| Director of the Japan Defense Agency

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Renewal Party}}" |

| Keisuke Nakanishi

| R

| August 9, 1993 – December 1, 1993

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

| Kazuo Aichi

| R

| December 1, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Director of the National Land Agency
Director of the Hokkaido Development Agency
Director of the Okinawa Development Agency Development,

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}" |

| Kosuke Uehara

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Director of the Economic Planning Agency

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}" |

| Manae Kubota

| C

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Director of the Environment Agency

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |

| Wakako Hironaka

| C

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Director of the Science and Technology Agency

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |

| Satsuki Eda

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

Minister of State (in charge of political reform)

! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}" |

| Sadao Yamahana

| R

| August 9, 1993 – April 28, 1994

= Changes =

December 1 – Defence Minister Keisuke Nakanishi resigned over controversial remarks he made related to Japan's pacifist constitution, and was replaced by Kazuo Aichi.{{cite news|last1=McCarthy |first1=Terry |title=Japan dogged by military taboo: Government minister and political reform laws fall foul of post-war constitution |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/japan-dogged-by-military-taboo-government-minister-and-political-reform-laws-fall-foul-of-post-war-1465202.html |accessdate=7 December 2016 |work=The Independent |date=4 December 1993 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207233411/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/japan-dogged-by-military-taboo-government-minister-and-political-reform-laws-fall-foul-of-post-war-1465202.html |archivedate=7 December 2016 }}

References

External links

List of Ministers at the Kantei: [http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/rekidai/kakuryo/79.html Hosokawa Cabinet] {{in lang|ja}}

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