# Okada Cabinet

The Okada Cabinet (岡田内閣, Okada naikaku) is the 31st Cabinet of Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Keisuke Okada from July 8, 1934, to March 9, 1936.

## Cabinet

Okada was appointed on July 8, 1934, after his predecessor Saitō Makoto had resigned over the Teijin Incident. Okada's appointment dashed hopes for a revival of political party influence. His cabinet was the second "national unity cabinet" (kyokoku itchi naikaku) after the Saitō Cabinet that had marked the end of the party rule of the 1920s and early 1930s, which was the so-called Taishō Democracy. Key ministers came from the bureaucracy and the military, and other posts were held by politicians mostly from the minority Minseitō and the Shōwakai, a militarist breakaway group from the majority Seiyūkai that had refused to let its members join the Okada Cabinet.
After the attempted coup d'état in the February 26 Incident in 1936, the Okada Cabinet resigned. Following Genrō Kinmochi Saionji's recommendation, the emperor appointed foreign minister Hirota Kōki as successor leading to the formation of the Hirota Cabinet, another "national unity cabinet".
Ministers :
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Prime Minister | Keisuke Okada | | Military (Navy) | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Gotō (acting) | | Independent | February 26, 1936 | February 29, 1936 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Kōki Hirota | | Independent | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Fumio Gotō | | Independent | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Finance | Sadanobu Fujii | | Independent | July 8, 1934 | November 27, 1934 |
| Minister of Finance | Korekiyo Takahashi | | Independent (Seiyūkai Dissident) | November 27, 1934 | February 26, 1936 |
| Minister of Finance | Chuji Machida | | Rikken Minseitō | February 26, 1936 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of the Army | Senjūrō Hayashi | | Military (Army) | July 8, 1934 | September 5, 1935 |
| Minister of the Army | Yoshiyuki Kawashima | | Military (Army) | September 5, 1935 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of the Navy | Mineo Ōsumi | | Military (Navy) | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Justice | Naoshi Ohara | | Independent | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Education | Genji Matsuda | | Rikken Minseitō | July 8, 1934 | February 1, 1936 |
| Minister of Education | Takukichi Kawasaki | | Rikken Minseitō | February 1, 1936 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Tatsunosuke Yamazaki | | Shōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident) | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Chuji Machida | | Rikken Minseitō | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Communications | Takejirō Tokonami | | Independent (Seiyūkai Dissident) | July 8, 1934 | September 8, 1935 |
| Minister of Communications | Keisuke Okada | | Military (Navy) | September 9, 1935 | September 12, 1935 |
| Minister of Communications | Keisuke Mochizuki | | Shōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident) | September 12, 1935 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Railways | Nobuya Uchida | | Shōwakai (Seiyūkai Dissident) | July 8, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Keisuke Okada | | Military (Navy) | July 8, 1934 | October 25, 1934 |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Count Hideo Kodama | | Kenkyūkai | October 25, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Isao Kawada | | Independent | May 26, 1932 | October 20, 1934 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Shigeru Yoshida | | Independent | October 20, 1934 | May 11, 1935 |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Takekai Shirane | | Independent | May 11, 1935 | March 9, 1936 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Teizō Kurosaki | | Independent | July 8, 1934 | July 10, 1934 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Tokujiro Kanamori | | Independent | July 10, 1934 | January 11, 1936 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Hachirō Ōhashi | | Independent | January 11, 1936 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Ministers ||||||
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | Isaka Toyomitsu | | Independent | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs | Baron Ōmori Kaichi | | Independent | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance | Baron Yabuki Shōzō | | Independent | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army | Viscount Toki Akira | | Kenkyūkai | July 19, 1934 | December 14, 1935 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army | Viscount Okabe Nagakage | | Kenkyūkai | December 14, 1935 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy | Count Hotta Masatsune | | Kenkyūkai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice | Hara Fujirō | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education | Soeda Keiichirō | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Moriya Eifu | | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry | Masanori Katsu | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications | Aoki Seiichi | | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways | Higutchi Noritsune | | Independent | July 19, 1934 | August 31, 1935 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways | Kurasono Sanshirō | | Shōwakai | August 31, 1935 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs | Tanaka Takeo | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | October 26, 1934 |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs | Sakurai Hyōgorō | | Rikken Minseitō | October 26, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretaries ||||||
| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs | Matsumoto Tadao | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs | Count Hashimoto Saneaya | | Kenkyūkai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance | Toyoda Osamu | | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army | Ishii Saburō | | Independent | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy | Kuboi Yoshimichi | | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice | Viscount Funabashi Kiyokata | | Kenkyūkai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education | Yamamasu Norishige | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Mori Hajime | | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry | Takahashi Morihei | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications | Hirano Mitsuo | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways | Kaneda Hideo | | Shōwakai | July 19, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs | Teshirogi Ryūkichi | | Rikken Minseitō | July 19, 1934 | October 26, 1934 |
| Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs | Satō Masashi | | Rikken Minseitō | October 26, 1934 | March 9, 1936 |
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