Okada Cabinet Explained

Cabinet Name:Okada Cabinet
Predecessor:Saitō Cabinet
Election:1936 Japanese general election
Opposition Leader:Suzuki Kisaburō
Opposition Party: Rikken Seiyūkai
Political Party:HoR Blocs:
Rikken Minseitō
Rikken Seiyūkai dissidents, later Shōwakai

HoP Blocs:
Kenkyūkai
Kōseikai
State Head:Shōwa
Cabinet Number:31st
Jurisdiction:Japan
Flag Border:true
Date Formed:July 8, 1934
Date Dissolved:March 9, 1936
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Government Head:Keisuke Okada
State Head Title:Emperor
Successor:Hirota Cabinet

The is the 31st Cabinet of Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Keisuke Okada from July 8, 1934, to March 9, 1936.

Cabinet

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
PortfolioNamePolitical partyTerm startTerm end
Prime MinisterKeisuke OkadaMilitary (Navy)July 8, 1934March 9, 1936
Fumio Gotō (acting)IndependentFebruary 26, 1936February 29, 1936
Minister for Foreign AffairsKōki HirotaIndependentJuly 8, 1934March 9, 1936
Minister of Home AffairsFumio GotōIndependentJuly 8, 1934March 9, 1936
Minister of FinanceFuji SadanobuIndependentJuly 8, 1934November 27, 1934
Takahashi KorekiyoIndependent (Seiyūkai Dissident)November 27, 1934February 26, 1936
Machida ChūjiRikken MinseitōFebruary 26, 1936March 9, 1936
Minister of the ArmySenjūrō HayashiMilitary (Army)July 8, 1934September 5, 1935
Yoshiyuki KawashimaMilitary (Army)September 5, 1935March 9, 1936
Minister of the NavyMineo ŌsumiMilitary (Navy)July 8, 1934March 9, 1936
Minister of JusticeNaoshi OharaIndependentJuly 8, 1934March 9, 1936
Minister of EducationGenji MatsudaRikken MinseitōJuly 8, 1934February 1, 1936
Kawasaki TakukichiRikken MinseitōFebruary 1, 1936March 9, 1936
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesTatsunosuke YamazakiShōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident)July 8, 1934March 9, 1936
Minister of Commerce and IndustryMachida ChūjiRikken MinseitōJuly 8, 1934March 9, 1936
Minister of CommunicationsTokonami TakejirōIndependent (Seiyūkai Dissident)July 8, 1934September 8, 1935
Keisuke OkadaMilitary (Navy)September 9, 1935September 12, 1935
Mochizuki KeisukeShōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident)September 12, 1935March 9, 1936
Minister of RailwaysUchida NobuyaShōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident)July 8, 1934March 9, 1936
Minister of Colonial AffairsKeisuke OkadaMilitary (Navy)July 8, 1934October 25, 1934
Count Hideo KodamaKenkyūkaiOctober 25, 1934March 9, 1936
Chief Cabinet SecretaryKawada IsaoIndependentMay 26, 1932October 20, 1934
Shigeru YoshidaIndependentOctober 20, 1934May 11, 1935
Takekai ShiraneIndependentMay 11, 1935March 9, 1936
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauKurosaki TeizōIndependentJuly 8, 1934July 10, 1934
Tokujiro KanamoriIndependentJuly 10, 1934January 11, 1936
Ōhashi HachirōIndependentJanuary 11, 1936March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
PortfolioNamePolitical partyTerm startTerm end
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign AffairsIsaka ToyomitsuIndependentJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home AffairsBaron Ōmori KaichiIndependentJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of FinanceBaron Yabuki ShōzōIndependentJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the ArmyViscount Toki AkiraKenkyūkaiJuly 19, 1934December 14, 1935
Viscount Okabe NagakageKenkyūkaiDecember 14, 1935March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the NavyCount Hotta MasatsuneKenkyūkaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of JusticeHara FujirōRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of EducationSoeda KeiichirōRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMoriya EifuShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and IndustryMasanori KatsuRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of CommunicationsAoki SeiichiShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of RailwaysHigutchi NoritsuneIndependentJuly 19, 1934August 31, 1935
Kurasono SanshirōShōwakaiAugust 31, 1935March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial AffairsTanaka TakeoRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934October 26, 1934
Sakurai HyōgorōRikken MinseitōOctober 26, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretaries
PortfolioNamePolitical partyTerm startTerm end
Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign AffairsMatsumoto TadaoRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home AffairsCount Hashimoto SaneayaKenkyūkaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of FinanceToyoda OsamuShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the ArmyIshii SaburōIndependentJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the NavyKuboi YoshimichiShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of JusticeViscount Funabashi KiyokataKenkyūkaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of EducationYamamasu NorishigeRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMori HajimeShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and IndustryTakahashi Morihei Rikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of CommunicationsHirano MitsuoRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of RailwaysKaneda HideoShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial AffairsTeshirogi RyūkichiRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934October 26, 1934
Satō MasashiRikken MinseitōOctober 26, 1934March 9, 1936
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Okada Cabinet . Prime Minister's Official Residence.