Tsutomu Hata
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Tsutomu Hata was a Japanese politician who briefly served as prime minister of Japan in 1994.
Official portrait, 1994
Hata with the Ministers of Hata Cabinet at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in April 1994
Hata with Jacques Delors in May 1994
Tomiichi Murayama
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Tomiichi Murayama was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He was the country's only socialist premier since Tetsu Katayama in 1948, and is best remembered fo
Tsutomu Hata
…left the coalition, destroying its majority in the Diet. Rather than face a vote of no confidence, Hata elected to resign in June, allowing SDP leader Tomiichi Murayama to take over the position on 30 June. A number of progressive reforms were introduced during Hata's tenure as prime minister. A law passed on 17 June…
Official portrait, 1994
Cabinet of Tomiichi Murayama
Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama with Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet in Hanoi, Vietnam, 1994
Hanshin Expressway after the Great Hanshin earthquake