| Cabinet Name: | Murayama Cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 81st |
| Jurisdiction: | Japan |
| Flag: | Flag of Japan.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | June 30, 1994 |
| Date Dissolved: | January 11, 1996 |
| Government Head: | Tomiichi Murayama |
| Deputy Government Head: | Yōhei Kōno (1994-95) Ryutaro Hashimoto (1995-96) |
| State Head: | Emperor Akihito |
| Political Party: | LDP–Socialist–New Party Sakigake Coalition |
| Legislature Status: | Coalition majority |
| Opposition Party: | Japan Renewal Party (1994) New Frontier Party (1994-96) |
| Opposition Leader: | Tsutomu Hata (1994) Toshiki Kaifu (1994-95) Ichirō Ozawa (1995-96) |
| Election: | 1995 councillors election |
| Predecessor: | Hata Cabinet |
| Successor: | First Hashimoto Cabinet |
The governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama from 1994 until a 1995 Cabinet Reshuffle. Murayama was elected prime minister by the National Diet on 29 June 1994 after the threat of a no-confidence vote had brought down the previous minority Hata Cabinet. Murayama's and his cabinet's formal investiture by the Emperor took place one day later.
The coalition cabinet consisted of 13 Liberal Democrats, six Socialists (including the Prime Minister) and two members of New Party Sakigake. All ministers were members of the Diet, the only woman in the cabinet was science and technology minister Makiko Tanaka.
The government lasted until January 5, 1996, when Murayama announced his resignation. The 3-party coalition continued under LDP leadership with Deputy Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto becoming the new Prime Minister on January 11.[1]
The decision by the LDP to support the leader of their traditional rival, the Socialists, for Prime Minister caused a split in party ranks. Former LDP Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu announced that he was leaving the party and was put forward by the anti-LDP coalition parties led by Tsutomu Hata and Ichirō Ozawa as their candidate for Prime Minister when the vote was held on June 29.[2]
| House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | First Vote | ||
| Votes | |||
| Tomiichi Murayama | |||
| Toshiki Kaifu | |||
| Tetsuzo Fuwa | |||
| Yohei Kono | |||
| Blank Ballot | |||
| Abstentions (Including Speaker and Deputy) | |||
| Source Political Data: Japanese Politics 1994 | |||
Since no candidate gained an absolute majority in the first round, a runoff vote between Murayama and Kaifu was held later the same day, with Murayama being elected with the support of the Japan Socialist Party, New Party Sakigake and the majority of the LDP.
| House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | Runoff Vote | ||
| Votes | |||
| Tomiichi Murayama | |||
| Toshiki Kaifu | |||
| Blank Ballot | |||
| Abstentions (Including Speaker and Deputy) | |||
| Source Political Data: Japanese Politics 1994 | |||
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
| Portfolio | Minister | Term of office | Diet membership | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996 | R | Ōita 1 | |||
| Deputy Prime Minister | June 30, 1994 - October 2, 1995 | R | Kanagawa 3 | ||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996 | ||||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | C | Wakayama | |||
| June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996 | R | Shiga at-large | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Tokyo 1 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Nagano 2 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | C | national proportional | |||
| June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996 | R | Okayama 2 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Hiroshima 3 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Kanagawa 4 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | C | Hiroshima | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Tottori at-large | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Kyoto 2 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Hokkaidō 2 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Gunma 3 | |||
| Director of the Hokkaidō Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Development Agency | Sadayoshi Ozato | June 30, 1994 - January 20, 1995 | R | Kagoshima 2 | |
| January 20, 1995 - August 8, 1995 | R | Tokyo 7 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Yamaguchi 2 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Iwate 1 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Niigata 3 | |||
| Director of the Environment Agency | June 30, 1994 - August 14, 1994 | R | Niigata 3 | ||
| August 14, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Nagano 3 | |||
| Kiyoshi Ozawa | June 30, 1994 - August 8, 1995 | R | Tokyo 7 | ||
| Minister of State (Disaster management) | Sadayoshi Ozato | January 20, 1995 - August 8, 1995 | R | Kagoshima 2 | |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries | NPH | HR, Kumamoto 2 | ||
| Nobuo Ishihara (until 24 February 1995) | – | – | ||
| Teijirō Furukawa (from 24 February 1995) | – | – | ||
| Takao Ōde | – | – |
| Portfolio | Minister | Term of Office | Diet membership | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996 | R | Ōita 1 | |||
| June 30, 1994 - October 2, 1995 | R | Kanagawa 3 | |||
| October 2, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Okayama 2 | |||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996 | R | Kanagawa 3 | ||
| Minister of Justice | Tomoharu Tazawa | August 8, 1995 - October 9, 1995 | C | National Proportional | |
| Hiroshi Miyazawa | October 9, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | C | Hiroshima | ||
| June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996 | R | Shiga At-large | |||
| Yoshinobu Shimamura | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Tokyo 10th | ||
| Minister of Welfare | Tadayoshi Morii | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Hiroshima 2nd | |
| Hosei Norota | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Akita 1st | ||
| June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996 | R | Okayama 2nd | |||
| Takeo Hiranuma | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Okayama 1st | ||
| August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Osaka 3rd | |||
| Minister of Labour | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | C | Shizuoka | ||
| August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Ishikawa 1st | |||
| Takashi Fukaya | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Tokyo 8th | ||
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister for Disaster Relief and Reconstruction | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Tottori At-large | ||
| Director of the Management and Coordination Agency | August 8, 1995 - November 13, 1995 | R | Miyazaki 1st | ||
| November 13 - January 11, 1996 | R | Osaka 2nd | |||
| Director of the Hokkaidō Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Development Agency | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | C | Hokkaidō | ||
| August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Oita 1st | |||
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | - | Not in the Diet | ||
| Director of the Science and Technology Agency | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Aichi 4th | ||
| Director of the Environment Agency | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Aomori 1st | ||
| Director of the National Land Agency | August 8, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | R | Hokkaido 4th | ||