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Government Coalition
Government
Government JNP Coalition
Government Liberal Democratic Party
Government Liberal Democratic Party
Government Liberal Party
House Tokugawa
Liberal Democratic Party
World War, 2nd
| | Biographies |
Fumimaro, Konoe
Hashimoto, Ryutaro
Hata, Tsutomu
Hatoyama, Ichiro
Hirohito
Hosokaya, Morihiro
Ikeda, Hayato
Ishibashi, Tanzan
Katayama, Tetsu
Miyazawa, Kichi
Murayama, Tomiichi
Mutsuhito
Nakasone, Yasuhiro
Okuma
Sato, Eisaku
Taisho
Takeshita, Noboru
Tanaka, Kakuei
Terauchi, Matasake
Tojo, Hideki
Uno, Sosuke
Yoshida, Shigeru
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Tokyo
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Resignation
History of Japan
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| | 1867 | Mutsuhito | |
| Nov The shogun resigns which leads the way to the restoration of the Emperor |
| 1916 | Okuma | |
| China agrees to demands but Anglo-American objections lead to the government's fall |
| 1916 | Taisho | |
| Okuma's resignation brings in the expansionist General Masatake as Prime Minister |
| 1918 | Terauchi, Matasake | |
| Sep Forced to resign after demonstrations in the provinces |
| 1941 | Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Oct Tokyo Resigns due to the Army's unwillingness to make concessions demanded by USAdiplomacy |
| 1944 | Hirohito | |
| 14th July Tojo is forced to resign by Hirohito who makes him a scapegoat for the war |
| 1944 | Tojo, Hideki | |
| 14th July Tojo resigna after Hirohito withdraws support from him |
| 1947 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Jan Tokyo A strike campaign by government workers causes the end of the Yoshida cabinet |
| 1948 | Katayama, Tetsu | |
| 10th Feb Tokyo Resigns after the budget is rejected by the head of the budget committee in the Diet |
| 1954 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Dec Tokyo Loses vote of confidence in the Diet & resigns |
| Dec Tokyo Resigns because of alleged pro American sympathies |
| 1956 | Hatoyama, Ichiro | |
| Dec Tokyo Resigns as Prime Minister |
| 1957 | Ishibashi, Tanzan | |
| Feb Tokyo Resigns due to ill health |
| 1964 | Ikeda, Hayato | |
| Nov Diagnosed with cancer & resigns from office |
| 1972 | Sato, Eisaku | |
| July Tokyo Resigns as Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1974 | Tanaka, Kakuei | |
| 26th Nov Tokyo Resigns as Prime Minister & Leader of the LDP but keeps his seat in the Diet |
| 26th Nov Tokyo Resigns over the Lockheed scandal |
| 1987 | Nakasone, Yasuhiro | |
| Tokyo Forced to resign after the Recruit Scandal |
| 1989 | Takeshita, Noboru | |
| Tokyo Resigns over the Recruit scandal |
| 1989 | Uno, Sosuke | |
| Tokyo Resigns as Prime Minister of Japan after a sex scandal |
| 1993 | Miyazawa, Kichi | |
| Tokyo The Liberal-Democrats are voted out of office for the 1st time in 38 years |
| 1994 | Hata, Tsutomu | |
| Tokyo Forced to resign |
| 1994 | Hosokaya, Morihiro | |
| Tokyo Forced to resign, accused of corruption |
| 1996 | Murayama, Tomiichi | |
| 5th Jan Tokyo Announces his resignation |
| 1998 | Hashimoto, Ryutaro | |
| During the Upper House elections the LDP loses its majority & Hashimoto resigns to take responsibility for this failure |
| 2004 | Hashimoto, Ryutaro | |
| 30th July Hashimoto is forced to resign after a scandal, he had accepted a þ100 million check from the Japan Dental Association |
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