Okada Cabinet
Okada Cabinet | |
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 31st Cabinet of Japan | |
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| Date formed | July 8, 1934 |
| Date dissolved | March 9, 1936 |
| People and organisations | |
| Emperor | Shōwa |
| Prime Minister | Keisuke Okada |
| Member party | HoR Blocs: Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai dissidents, later Shōwakai HoP Blocs: Kenkyūkai Kōseikai |
| Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
| Opposition party | Rikken Seiyūkai |
| Opposition leader | Suzuki Kisaburō |
| History | |
| Election | 1936 general election |
| Legislature terms | 66th Imperial Diet 67th Imperial Diet 68th Imperial Diet |
| Predecessor | Saitō Cabinet |
| Successor | Hirota Cabinet |
The Okada Cabinet (岡田内閣, Okada naikaku) is the 31st Cabinet of Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Keisuke Okada from July 8, 1934, to March 9, 1936.
Cabinet
[edit]Okada was appointed on July 8, 1934, after his predecessor Saitō Makoto had resigned over the Teijin Incident. Okada's appointment dashed hopes for a revival of political party influence. His cabinet was the second "national unity cabinet" (kyokoku itchi naikaku) after the Saitō Cabinet that had marked the end of the party rule of the 1920s and early 1930s, which was the so-called Taishō Democracy. Key ministers came from the bureaucracy and the military, and other posts were held by politicians mostly from the minority Minseitō and the Shōwakai, a militarist breakaway group from the majority Seiyūkai that had refused to let its members join the Okada Cabinet.
After the attempted coup d'état in the February 26 Incident in 1936, the Okada Cabinet resigned. Following Genrō Kinmochi Saionji's recommendation, the emperor appointed foreign minister Hirota Kōki as successor leading to the formation of the Hirota Cabinet, another "national unity cabinet".
| Ministers | |||||
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| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
| Prime Minister | Keisuke Okada | Military (Navy) | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Fumio Gotō (acting) | Independent | February 26, 1936 | February 29, 1936 | ||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Kōki Hirota | Independent | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Fumio Gotō | Independent | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Minister of Finance | Fuji Sadanobu | Independent | July 8, 1934 | November 27, 1934 | |
| Takahashi Korekiyo | Independent (Seiyūkai Dissident) | November 27, 1934 | February 26, 1936 | ||
| Machida Chūji | Rikken Minseitō | February 26, 1936 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Minister of the Army | Senjūrō Hayashi | Military (Army) | July 8, 1934 | September 5, 1935 | |
| Yoshiyuki Kawashima | Military (Army) | September 5, 1935 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Minister of the Navy | Mineo Ōsumi | Military (Navy) | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Minister of Justice | Naoshi Ohara | Independent | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Minister of Education | Genji Matsuda | Rikken Minseitō | July 8, 1934 | February 1, 1936 | |
| Kawasaki Takukichi | Rikken Minseitō | February 1, 1936 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Tatsunosuke Yamazaki | Shōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident) | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Machida Chūji | Rikken Minseitō | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Minister of Communications | Tokonami Takejirō | Independent (Seiyūkai Dissident) | July 8, 1934 | September 8, 1935 | |
| Keisuke Okada | Military (Navy) | September 9, 1935 | September 12, 1935 | ||
| Mochizuki Keisuke | Shōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident) | September 12, 1935 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Minister of Railways | Uchida Nobuya | Shōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident) | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Keisuke Okada | Military (Navy) | July 8, 1934 | October 25, 1934 | |
| Count Hideo Kodama | Kenkyūkai | October 25, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Kawada Isao | Independent | May 26, 1932 | October 20, 1934 | |
| Shigeru Yoshida | Independent | October 20, 1934 | May 11, 1935 | ||
| Takekai Shirane | Independent | May 11, 1935 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Kurosaki Teizō | Independent | July 8, 1934 | July 10, 1934 | |
| Tokujiro Kanamori | Independent | July 10, 1934 | January 11, 1936 | ||
| Ōhashi Hachirō | Independent | January 11, 1936 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Ministers | |||||
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | Isaka Toyomitsu | Independent | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs | Baron Ōmori Kaichi | Independent | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance | Baron Yabuki Shōzō | Independent | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army | Viscount Toki Akira | Kenkyūkai | July 19, 1934 | December 14, 1935 | |
| Viscount Okabe Nagakage | Kenkyūkai | December 14, 1935 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy | Count Hotta Masatsune | Kenkyūkai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice | Hara Fujirō | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education | Soeda Keiichirō | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Moriya Eifu | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry | Masanori Katsu | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications | Aoki Seiichi | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways | Higutchi Noritsune | Independent | July 19, 1934 | August 31, 1935 | |
| Kurasono Sanshirō | Shōwakai | August 31, 1935 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs | Tanaka Takeo | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | October 26, 1934 | |
| Sakurai Hyōgorō | Rikken Minseitō | October 26, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Parliamentary Undersecretaries | |||||
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs | Matsumoto Tadao | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs | Count Hashimoto Saneaya | Kenkyūkai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance | Toyoda Osamu | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army | Ishii Saburō | Independent | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy | Kuboi Yoshimichi | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice | Viscount Funabashi Kiyokata | Kenkyūkai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education | Yamamasu Norishige | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Mori Hajime | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry | Takahashi Morihei | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications | Hirano Mitsuo | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways | Kaneda Hideo | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs | Teshirogi Ryūkichi | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | October 26, 1934 | |
| Satō Masashi | Rikken Minseitō | October 26, 1934 | March 9, 1936 | ||
| Source:[1] | |||||
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Kantei, Japanese Cabinet: Okada Cabinet (in Japanese)
- National Diet Library: Modern Japan in Archives, Crisis in Constitutional Politics
