Higashikuni Cabinet

Cabinet of Japan (August 17 - October 9, 1945)

Higashikuni Cabinet

43rd Cabinet of Japan
Date formed| August 17, 1945
Date dissolved| October 9, 1945
People and organisations
Emperor| Hirohito
Prime Minister| Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
Member party| (Allied Occupation: 28 August 1945 - )
Independent
Military
Status in legislature| Majority (coalition)
History
Legislature term| 87th Imperial Diet
Predecessor| Kantarō Suzuki Cabinet
Successor| Shidehara Cabinet

The Higashikuni Cabinet is the 43rd Cabinet of Japan led by Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni from August 17 to October 9, 1945.

The Allied occupation began on 28 August 1945 following the surrender of Japan. The Cabinet's principal task was to preserve the integrity of the Japanese government in the chaotic aftermath of the Kyūjō incident and oversee the disbanding of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. Following a dispute with Allied commanders over the repeal of the Peace Preservation Law, the Cabinet resigned on 9 October and was succeeded by the Shidehara Cabinet.

## Cabinet

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Ministers

Portfolio  | Name  | Political party  | Term start  | Term end
Prime Minister | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni |  | Imperial Family | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Mamoru Shigemitsu |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | September 17, 1945
Shigeru Yoshida |  | Independent  | September 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of Home Affairs | Iwao Yamazaki |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of Finance | Juichi Tsushima |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of the Army | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni |  | Imperial Family | August 17, 1945  | August 23, 1945
Sadamu Shimomura |  | Military (Army)  | August 23, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of the Navy | Mitsumasa Yonai |  | Military (Navy)  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of Justice | Iwata Chūzō  |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of Education | Matsumura Kenzō  |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | August 18, 1945
Maeda Tamon  |  | Independent  | August 18, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of Health | Matsumura Kenzō  |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of Greater East Asia | Mamoru Shigemitsu |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | August 26, 1945
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Sengoku Kōtarō  |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | August 26, 1945
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Sengoku Kōtarō  |  | Independent  | August 26, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of Munitions | Chikuhei Nakajima |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | August 26, 1945
Minister of Commerce and Industry | Chikuhei Nakajima |  | Independent  | August 26, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of Transport | Kobiyama Naoto  |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of State | Prince Fumimaro Konoe |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of State | Taketora Ogata |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Minister of State | Obata Toshirō  |  | Military (Army)  | August 19, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Chief Cabinet Secretary | Taketora Ogata |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Sōkichi Takagi |  | Military (Navy)  | September 19, 1945  | October 9, 1945
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Murase Naokai  |  | Independent  | August 17, 1945  | October 9, 1945
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## References

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1. ^ "Higashikuni no miya Cabinet". Prime Minister's Official Residence.

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