Japan's Uncertain Political Transition

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Japan's current political instability began in July 1993, when the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) -- in power since 1955 - was voted out and replaced by a fragile multiparty coalition government under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. The new government faced turmoil in April 1994, when Hosokawa suddenly resigned amid a personal financial scandal. Then-deputy prime minister/foreign minister Tsutomu Hata succeeded, but only at the head of a minority government after the Socialist party, a key coalition partner, quit the Hata coalition. Although beset by its own internal squabbles, the LDP remained the single largest party in Japan's bicameral Diet, or … continued below

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Shinn, Rinn-Sup July 29, 1994.

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Japan's current political instability began in July 1993, when
the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) -- in power since 1955 - was
voted out and replaced by a fragile multiparty coalition
government under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. The new
government faced turmoil in April 1994, when Hosokawa suddenly
resigned amid a personal financial scandal. Then-deputy prime
minister/foreign minister Tsutomu Hata succeeded, but only at the
head of a minority government after the Socialist party, a key
coalition partner, quit the Hata coalition. Although beset by its
own internal squabbles, the LDP remained the single largest party
in Japan's bicameral Diet, or parliament. In late June, Hata was
forced to resign under threat of an LDP-led no-confidence motion.

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Shinn, Rinn-Sup. Japan's Uncertain Political Transition, report, July 29, 1994; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs151/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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