Japan's Uncertain Political Transition
Description:
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
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Date:
July 29, 1994
Creator:
Shinn, Rinn-Sup
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