Okada Cabinet

31st Cabinet of Japan
Date formedJuly 8, 1934
Date dissolvedMarch 9, 1936
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa
Prime MinisterKeisuke Okada
History
PredecessorSaitō Cabinet
SuccessorHirota 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

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
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 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 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 July 8, 1934 September 8, 1935
Keisuke Okada Military (Navy) September 9, 1935 September 12, 1935
Mochizuki Keisuke Shōwakai September 12, 1935 March 9, 1936
Minister of Railways Uchida Nobuya Shōwakai July 8, 1934 March 9, 1936
Minister of Colonial Affairs Keisuke Okada Military (Navy) July 8, 1934 October 25, 1934
Count Hideo Kodama Independent 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 Independent July 19, 1934 December 14, 1935
Viscount Okabe Nagakage Independent December 14, 1935 March 9, 1936
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy Count Hotta Masatsune Independent 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 Independent 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 Independent 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
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References

  1. ↑ "Okada Cabinet". Prime Minister's Official Residence.
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