Hamaguchi Cabinet (via successor Minseitō)

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The Hamaguchi Cabinet was the Japanese government led by Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi during the late 1920s and early 1930s, noted for its liberal, pro-democracy policies and efforts at economic and military retrenchment in the prewar era.

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instanceOf Japanese cabinet
armyMinister Ushijima Tatsumi
assassinationAttemptDate 1930-11-14
cabinetNumber 34th Cabinet of Japan
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
domesticPolicy strengthening of parliamentary control over the military
support for party cabinet system
economicContext Great Depression
economicPolicyGoal balancing the national budget
reduction of government expenditures
stabilization of the yen
endDate 1931-04-14
era Taishō democracy
linked to: Taisho era

early Shōwa period
financeMinister Inoue Junnosuke
foreignMinister Shidehara Kijūrō
linked to: Kijūrō Shidehara
foreignPolicy cooperation with Western powers
support for naval disarmament
formedUnderEmperor Hirohito
linked to: Emperor Hirohito
headedBy Hamaguchi Osachi
historicalSignificance considered a high point of prewar party government in Japan
its fall marked weakening of parliamentary democracy in Japan
homeMinister Adachi Kenzō
ideology liberalism
parliamentary democracy
justiceMinister Kuwashima Kinjirō
legislativeBody Imperial Diet of Japan
linked to: Imperial Diet
locationOfAssassinationAttempt Tokyo Station
militaryPolicyGoal limiting military influence in politics
reduction of naval armaments
monarchDuringTerm Emperor Shōwa
linked to: Emperor Hirohito
navyMinister Takarabe Takeshi
notableEvent assassination attempt on Hamaguchi Osachi
opposedBy Japanese military
ultranationalists
policyFocus deflationary economic policy
economic retrenchment
fiscal austerity
military retrenchment
return to the gold standard
politicalParty Rikken Minseitō
precededBy Second Tanaka Cabinet
primeMinister Hamaguchi Osachi
resultOfAssassinationAttempt serious wounding of Hamaguchi Osachi
signed London Naval Treaty
signedTreatyYear 1930
startDate 1929-07-02
succeededBy Second Wakatsuki Cabinet
viaSuccessor Minseitō
linked to: Kenseikai party

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Kenseikai formedGovernment Hamaguchi Cabinet (via successor Minseitō)
subject linked to: Kenseikai party