The is the 31st Cabinet of Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Okada Keisuke 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". MinistersPortfolioNamePolitical partyTerm startTerm endPrime MinisterOkada KeisukeMilitary (Navy)July 8, 1934March 9, 1936Fumio Gotō (acting)IndependentFebruary 26, 1936February 29, 1936Minister for Foreign AffairsKōki HirotaIndependentJuly 8, 1934March 9, 1936Minister of Home AffairsFumio GotōIndependentJuly 8, 1934March 9, 1936Minister of FinanceSadanobu FujiiIndependentJuly 8, 1934November 27, 1934Korekiyo TakahashiIndependent (Seiyūkai Dissident)November 27, 1934February 26, 1936Chuji MachidaRikken MinseitōFebruary 26, 1936March 9, 1936Minister of the ArmySenjūrō HayashiMilitary (Army)July 8, 1934September 5, 1935Yoshiyuki KawashimaMilitary (Army)September 5, 1935March 9, 1936Minister of the NavyMineo ŌsumiMilitary (Navy)July 8, 1934March 9, 1936Minister of JusticeNaoshi OharaIndependentJuly 8, 1934March 9, 1936Minister of EducationGenji MatsudaRikken MinseitōJuly 8, 1934February 1, 1936Takukichi KawasakiRikken MinseitōFebruary 1, 1936March 9, 1936Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesTatsunosuke YamazakiShōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident)July 8, 1934March 9, 1936Minister of Commerce and IndustryChuji MachidaRikken MinseitōJuly 8, 1934March 9, 1936Minister of CommunicationsTakejirō TokonamiIndependent (Seiyūkai Dissident)July 8, 1934September 8, 1935Okada KeisukeMilitary (Navy)September 9, 1935September 12, 1935Keisuke MochizukiShōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident)September 12, 1935March 9, 1936Minister of RailwaysNobuya UchidaShōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident)July 8, 1934March 9, 1936Minister of Colonial AffairsOkada KeisukeMilitary (Navy)July 8, 1934October 25, 1934Count Hideo KodamaKenkyūkaiOctober 25, 1934March 9, 1936Chief Cabinet SecretaryIsao KawadaIndependentMay 26, 1932October 20, 1934Shigeru YoshidaIndependentOctober 20, 1934May 11, 1935Takekai ShiraneIndependentMay 11, 1935March 9, 1936Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauTeizō KurosakiIndependentJuly 8, 1934July 10, 1934Tokujiro KanamoriIndependentJuly 10, 1934January 11, 1936Hachirō ŌhashiIndependentJanuary 11, 1936March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-MinistersPortfolioNamePolitical partyTerm startTerm endParliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign AffairsIsaka ToyomitsuIndependentJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home AffairsBaron Ōmori KaichiIndependentJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of FinanceBaron Yabuki ShōzōIndependentJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the ArmyViscount Toki AkiraKenkyūkaiJuly 19, 1934December 14, 1935Viscount Okabe NagakageKenkyūkaiDecember 14, 1935March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the NavyCount Hotta MasatsuneKenkyūkaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of JusticeHara FujirōRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of EducationSoeda KeiichirōRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMoriya EifuShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and IndustryMasanori KatsuRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of CommunicationsAoki SeiichiShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of RailwaysHigutchi NoritsuneIndependentJuly 19, 1934August 31, 1935Kurasono SanshirōShōwakaiAugust 31, 1935March 9, 1936Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial AffairsTanaka TakeoRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934October 26, 1934Sakurai HyōgorōRikken MinseitōOctober 26, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary UndersecretariesPortfolioNamePolitical partyTerm startTerm endParliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign AffairsMatsumoto TadaoRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home AffairsCount Hashimoto SaneayaKenkyūkaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of FinanceToyoda OsamuShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of the ArmyIshii SaburōIndependentJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of the NavyKuboi YoshimichiShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of JusticeViscount Funabashi KiyokataKenkyūkaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of EducationYamamasu NorishigeRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMori HajimeShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and IndustryTakahashi Morihei Rikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of CommunicationsHirano MitsuoRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of RailwaysKaneda HideoShōwakaiJuly 19, 1934March 9, 1936Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial AffairsTeshirogi RyūkichiRikken MinseitōJuly 19, 1934October 26, 1934Satō MasashiRikken MinseitōOctober 26, 1934March 9, 1936Source:
References
External links Kantei, Japanese Cabinet: Okada Cabinet National Diet Library: Modern Japan in Archives, Crisis in Constitutional Politics