Tsutomu Hata

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Tsutomu Hata
羽田 孜
Kabun Muto
Succeeded byKoji Kakizawa
Minister of Finance
In office
5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byToshiki Kaifu
Acting
Succeeded byYoshiro Hayashi
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
27 December 1988 – 3 June 1989
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Preceded byTakashi Sato
Succeeded byHisao Horinouchi
In office
28 December 1985 – 22 July 1986
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byMoriyoshi Sato
Succeeded byMutsuki Kato
Member of the House of Representatives
for Nagano 3rd District
Nagano 2nd District (1969–1996)
In office
27 December 1969 – 16 December 2012
Personal details
Born(1935-08-24)24 August 1935
DPJ (1998–2016)
SpouseAyako Hata
ChildrenYuichiro Hata
Alma materSeijo University
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Tsutomu Hata (羽田 孜, Hata Tsutomu, 24 August 1935 – 28 August 2017) was a Japanese

Japanese Socialist Party left the government, leading to his early departure from office. He was a member of the lower house representing Nagano district #3. He was elected 14 times, retiring in 2012.[2]

Early years

Hata was born in

Member of Parliament Bushiro Hata. Hata graduated from Seijo University and was employed by the Odakyu
bus company from 1958 to 1969.

Political career

Prime Minister's Official Residence
on April 28, 1994)
with Jacques Delors (in May, 1994)

In 1969, Hata entered the

House of Representatives of Japan, representing Nagano Prefecture as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He rose to become a top lieutenant in the Tanaka/Takeshita
faction in the 1980s.

In 1991, he served as

Minister of Finance under Kiichi Miyazawa. He left the LDP in 1993 to found the Japan Renewal Party with longtime LDP ally Ichirō Ozawa, which became part of Morihiro Hosokawa
's anti-LDP coalition government later that year. Hata served as foreign minister in the Hosokawa cabinet.

On 28 April 1994, Hosokawa resigned and Hata

Diet. Rather than face a vote of no confidence, Hata elected to resign in June, allowing SDP leader Tomiichi Murayama
to take over the position on 30 June.

A number of progressive reforms were introduced during Hata's tenure as prime minister. A law passed on 17 June 1994 to amend the Law concerning Stabilization of Employment for Older Persons aimed to encourage employers to plan continuous employment for older employees after the age of 60, as well as to prohibit employers from setting a compulsory retirement age lower than 60 and appoint public corporations as centres "for the practical use of older workers' experience." On 22 June 1994, the Support Centre for Employment of the Disabled was established by law to provide practical advice, vocational training, and information to disabled workers and employers. A health insurance amendment law passed on 29 June 1994 exempted employees from the requirement to pay National Health Insurance fees during child-care leave.[4]

After the Shinseito merged into the

Shinshinto in late 1994, Hata contested the leadership against Ichiro Ozawa. After losing this contest, he and twelve other Diet members formed the splinter Sun Party (太陽党 Taiyōtō). The Sun Party in January 1998 became a part of the Good Governance Party
which itself was subsumed by the Democratic Party of Japan in April 1998.

Personal life and death

Hata's son,

Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on 4 June 2012.[5] Tsutomu "Too Hot" Hata is recognized as the godfather of the Hacket, a short sleeve blazer which he also coined as an "E-cool suit". Hata was ahead of his time in this regard and concern for sensible sustainable fashion.[6]

Hata died of natural causes on 28 August 2017 in Tokyo, four days after his 82nd birthday.[7]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Constructive Chaos in Japan". The New York Times. 29 June 1994. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  2. ^ DPJ website Tsutomu Hata – Profile 2011[permanent dead link] Retrieved on 12 August 2012
  3. ^ Sanger, David (April 23, 1994). "Man in the News; Cautious Leader in Japan: Tsutomu Hata". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  4. ^ "Results list of Browse by country – NATLEX".
  5. ^ Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet website The Cabinet – Yuichiro Hata Retrieved on 15 August 2012
  6. ^ Japanese Men Dress Down To Cut Summer's Energy Costs
  7. ^ "Former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata dies at 82". The Japan Times. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  8. ^ The Japan Times "Foreign dignitaries honored with spring decorations," 10 May 2013
  9. ^ "ENTIDADES ESTRANGEIRAS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS – Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 2019-08-15.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1985–1986 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1988–1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1991–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
1993–1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
1993–1994 		Succeeded by
Yohei Kono
Preceded by Prime Minister of Japan
1994 		Succeeded by
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