The Hosokawa Cabinet governed Japan from August 9, 1993 to April 28, 1994 under the premiership of Morihiro Hosokawa. In Japan, his administration is generally referred to as a representative example of non-LDP and non-JCP Coalition.

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Hosokawa Cabinet
79th Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	August 9, 1993
Date dissolved	April 28, 1994
People and organisations
Emperor	Akihito
Prime Minister	Morihiro Hosokawa
Deputy Prime Minister	Tsutomu Hata
Member parties	Japan New Party   Japan Renewal Party   Japan Socialist Party   Kōmeitō   Democratic Socialist Party   New Party Sakigake   Socialist Democratic Federation
Status in legislature	Minority (coalition) (Lower House) 262 / 511 (51%)
Opposition parties	Liberal Democratic Party   Japanese Communist Party
Opposition leader	Yōhei Kōno (LDP)
History
Election(s)	40th general election (1993)
Predecessor	Miyazawa Cabinet (Reshuffle)
Successor	Hata Cabinet

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Formed in the aftermath of the 1993 general election, this cabinet was a broad based coalition of parties of both left (the JSP and DSP), right (JRP, JNP and NPS) and religious politics (Komeito). A series of defections had cost the LDP its majority before the 1993 election, after which all non-Communist opposition parties coalesced with the aim of creating the first non-LDP government in 38 years and achieving electoral reform. Despite the fact that the conservative Japan Renewal Party and the left-wing Japan Socialist Party were the largest parties in the coalition, Ichirō Ozawa (who negotiated the formation of the government) and his allies in the JRP pushed for Morihiro Hosokawa, a former governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and the leader of the small Japan New Party, to lead the government. Hosokawa was elected by the Diet on August 6, and took office as the first non-LDP Prime Minister for four decades. The Prime Minister himself was the only New Party member of the cabinet, which was mostly dominated by the JRP and the Socialists.^[1]

The coalition achieved Hosokawa's goal of electoral reform, replacing the previous system of multi-member districts with a combined system of single-member districts, elected by first past the post, and blocs of proportional representation candidates. But having achieved this, and replaced the LDP, the unifying purpose of the coalition was lost and ideological differences between the parties, especially over tax and defence policy, began to split the cabinet.^[2][3] Following revelations of a campaign finance scandal, Hosokawa announced his surprise resignation on April 8, 1994.^[4][5] After several weeks of negotiations, foreign minister Tsutomu Hata of the JRP became Prime Minister on April 28.^[6]

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  Komeito
  Democratic Socialist
  Socialist
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R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors