General elections were held in Japan on 18 July 1993 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. The Liberal Democratic Party, which had been in power since 1955, lost their majority in
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Morihiro Hosokawa
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Morihiro Hosokawa is a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994. He led an eight-party coalition government which was the first Japanese government not headed by a L
1993 Japanese general election
…Democratic Party (LDP), which had been in power since 1955, lost their majority in the House. An eight-party coalition government was formed and headed by Morihiro Hosokawa, the leader of the Japan New Party (JNP). The election result was profoundly important to Japan's domestic and foreign affairs. It marked the first…
Official portrait, 1993
Hosokawa at the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 1993
Hosokawa with Boris Yeltsin, Hirohisa Fujii and Masayoshi Takemura in October 1993
Hosokawa with Bill Clinton at APEC Summit in November 1993