Katayama Cabinet
Katayama Cabinet | |
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Shōwa | |
Prime Minister | Tetsu Katayama |
Deputy Prime Minister | Hitoshi Ashida (from June 1, 1947) |
Member parties | (Allied occupation) Japan Socialist Party Democratic Party National Cooperative Party |
Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) |
Opposition parties | Liberal Party Japanese Communist Party Japan Farmers Party |
History | |
Election(s) | 1947 councillors election 1947 Japanese general election |
Legislature term(s) | 2nd National Diet |
Predecessor | First Yoshida Cabinet |
Successor | Ashida Cabinet |
The Katayama Cabinet (片山内閣, Katayama naikaku) governed Japan under the premiership of Tetsu Katayama from 24 May 1947 to 10 March 1948, during the Allied occupation. It was the first cabinet under the postwar constitution.
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After conflicts over price controls and taxes, the left wing of the Socialist Party threatened to block the budget for fiscal 1948 (begins in April), and in February 1948, Katayama resigned. Deputy prime minister Hitoshi Ashida was elected on February 21 to succeed him, the Katayama Cabinet remained in office until his investiture on March 10. The three-party coalition of Socialists, Democrats and Cooperativists continued under Democrat Ashida, however the Ashida Cabinet would be engulfed by the largest corruption scandal of the occupation period and last even shorter.
Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end | |
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Prime Minister | Tetsu Katayama | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | |
Deputy Prime Minister | Hitoshi Ashida | Democratic | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Hitoshi Ashida | Democratic | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Home Affairs | Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Kozaemon Kimura | Democratic | June 1, 1947 | December 31, 1947 | ||
Minister of Finance | Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Yano Shōtarō | Democratic | June 1, 1947 | June 25, 1947 | ||
Takeo Kurusu | Independent | June 25, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Justice | Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Suzuki Yoshio | Socialist | June 1, 1947 | February 15, 1948 | ||
Attorney General | Suzuki Yoshio | Socialist | February 15, 1948 | March 10, 1948 | |
Minister of Education
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Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Morito Tatsuo | Socialist | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Health
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Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Hitotsumatsu Sadayoshi | Democratic | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Hirano Rikizō | Socialist | June 1, 1947 | November 4, 1947 | ||
Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | November 4, 1947 | December 13, 1947 | ||
Hatano Kanae | Socialist | December 13, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Commerce and Industry | Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Mizutani Chōzaburō | Socialist | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Transport | Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Tomabechi Gizō | Democratic | June 1, 1947 | December 4, 1947 | ||
Kitamura Tokutarō | Democratic | December 4, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Communications | Tetsu Katayama (acting) | Socialist | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | |
Takeo Miki | National Cooperative | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of Labor | Yonekubo Mitsusuke | Socialist | September 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | |
Minister of State
Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board |
Vacant | May 24, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | ||
Wada Hirō | Independent | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of State
Chief of the Price Board |
Vacant | May 24, 1947 | May 27, 1947 | ||
Tetsu Katayama | Socialist | May 27, 1947 | June 1, 1947 | ||
Wada Hirō | Independent | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
Minister of State
President of the Demobilization Board (from June 1, 1947, until October 15, 1947) Director-General of the Board of Reparations (from February 1, 1948) |
Sasamori Junzō | National Cooperative | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | |
Minister of State
President of the Administrative Research Board |
Saitō Takao | Democratic | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | |
Minister of State
Chairman of the Local Finance Committee (from January 7, 1948) |
Takeda Giichi | Democratic | December 4, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | |
Minister of State
President of the Construction Board |
Kozaemon Kimura | Democratic | January 1, 1948 | March 10, 1948 | |
Minister of State | Hayashi Heima | Democratic | June 1, 1947 | November 25, 1947 | |
Minister of State | Yonekubo Mitsusuke | Socialist | June 1, 1947 | September 1, 1947 | |
Minister of State | Suehiro Nishio | Socialist | June 1, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | |
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Satō Tatsuo [ja] | Independent | June 14, 1947 | February 15, 1948 | |
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Takikawa Sueichi | Socialist | June 10, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | |
Sone Eki | Independent | June 17, 1947 | March 10, 1948 | ||
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References
- Prime Minister's Official Residence.
- Kantei, Japanese Cabinet: Katayama Cabinet (in Japanese)
- Kohno, Masaru (1997): Japan's Postwar Party Politics. Princeton, pp. 49–67, "Chapter 4: Coalition building under the pre-1955 multiparty system".