Hiranuma Cabinet

Hiranuma Cabinet
35th Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	January 5, 1939
Date dissolved	August 30, 1939
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Hiranuma Kiichirō
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition)
History
Legislature term	74th Imperial Diet
Predecessor	First Konoe Cabinet
Successor	Nobuyuki Abe Cabinet

The Hiranuma Cabinet is the 35th Cabinet of Japan led by Hiranuma Kiichirō from January 5, 1939, to August 30, 1939. The cabinet had to contend and enforce the mobilization of Japan's economic resources for total war started under his predecessor, Fumimaro Konoe who passed the State General Mobilization Law.^[1]

The Hiranuma Cabinet was formed as a result of the collapse of Konoe's first premiership, who had resigned over his failure to negotiate an end to the Second Sino-Japanese War after breaking off relations with the Nationalist government.

Cabinet

Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Hachirō Arita		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Home Affairs	Marquess Kōichi Kido		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Finance	Ishiwata Sōtarō		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of the Army	Seishirō Itagaki		Military (Army)	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of the Navy	Mitsumasa Yonai		Military (Navy)	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Justice	Suehiko Shiono		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Education	Baron Sadao Araki		Military (Army)	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Yukio Sakurauchi		Rikken Minseitō	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Yoshiaki Hatta		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Communications	Suehiko Shiono		Independent	January 5, 1939	April 7, 1939
	Harumichi Tanabe		Independent	April 7, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Railways	Yonezō Maeda		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Colonial Affairs	Yoshiaki Hatta		Independent	January 5, 1939	April 7, 1939
	Kuniaki Koiso		Military (Army)	April 7, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister of Health	Hirose Hisatada		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Minister without portfolio	Prince Fumimaro Konoe		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Harumichi Tanabe		Independent	January 5, 1939	April 7, 1939
	Ōta Kōzō		Independent	April 7, 1939	August 30, 1939
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Kurosaki Teizō		Independent	January 5, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs	Shimizu Tomesaburō		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs	Kanna Kenwa		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance	Matsumura Kōzō		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army	Nishimura Shigeo		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy	Matsuda Takechiyo		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice	Kuramoto Yōichi		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education	Koyanagi Makie		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Matsumura Kenzō		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry	Imai Takehiko		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications	Hirakawa Matsutarō		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways	Kudō Tosao		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs	Terada Ichimasa		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health	Tsuzaki Naotake		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs	Hashimoto Takichi		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs	Nakai Kazuo		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance	Yano Shōtarō		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army	Nakaigawa Hiroshi		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy	Nakahara Kinji		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice	Hamano Tetsutarō		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education	Nonaka Tetsuya		Kokumin Dōmei	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Hayashi Jōji		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry	Sawada Rikichi		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications	Ueda Kōkichi		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways	Aoki Ryōkan		Rikken Minseitō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs	Etō Genkurō		Kakushintō	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health	Ayabe Kentarō		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 19, 1939	August 30, 1939
Source:[2]

References

1. Farley 1939, p. 25.
2. "Hiranuma Cabinet". Prime Minister's Official Residence.

Farley, Miriam (1939), The National Mobilization Controversy in Japan, Far Eastern Review