Higashikuni Cabinet

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

Higashikuni Cabinet

43rd Cabinet of Japan
Date formedAugust 17, 1945
Date dissolvedOctober 9, 1945
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa
Prime MinisterPrince Naruhiko Higashikuni
Member party(Allied Occupation: 28 August 1945 - )
Independent
Military
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
History
Legislature term(s)87th Imperial Diet
PredecessorKantarō Suzuki Cabinet
SuccessorShidehara Cabinet

The Allied occupation began on 28 August 1945 with maintaining the Japanese governing body, after the surrender of Japan.

Cabinet
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
Source:[1]

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