Yonai Cabinet

The Yonai Cabinet is the 37th Cabinet of Japan led by Mitsumasa Yonai from January 16 to July 22, 1940.

Yonai Cabinet
37th Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	January 16, 1940
Date dissolved	July 22, 1940
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Mitsumasa Yonai
Member parties	Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai Independent Military
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition)
History
Legislature term	75th Imperial Diet
Predecessor	Nobuyuki Abe Cabinet
Successor	Second Konoe Cabinet

Cabinet

Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Mitsumasa Yonai		Military (Navy)	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Hachirō Arita		Independent	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Home Affairs	Count Hideo Kodama		Independent	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Finance	Yukio Sakurauchi		Rikken Minseitō	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of the Army	Shunroku Hata		Military (Army)	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of the Navy	Zengo Yoshida		Military (Navy)	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Justice	Kimura Shōtatsu		Independent	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Education	Matsūra Shigejirō		Independent	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	Toshio Shimada		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Ginjirō Fujiwara		Independent	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Communications	Masanori Katsu		Rikken Minseitō	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Railways	Matsuno Tsuruei		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Colonial Affairs	Kuniaki Koiso		Military (Army)	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Minister of Health	Shigeru Yoshida		Independent	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Ishiwata Sōtarō		Independent	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Hirose Hisatada		Independent	January 16, 1940	July 22, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs	Koyama Tanizō		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs	Tsurumi Yūsuke		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance	Kimura Masayoshi		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army	Miyoshi Hideyuki		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy	Matsuyama Tsunejirō		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice	Hoshijima Nirō		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education	Viscount Funabashi Kiyokata		Independent	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Okada Kikuji		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry	Katō Ryōgorō		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications	Takechi Yūki		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways	Miyazawa Yutaka		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs	Matsuoka Toshizō		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health	Hitotsumatsu Sadayoshi		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs	Odaka Chōzaburō		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs	Aoyama Kenzō		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance	Matsuda Masakazu		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army	Miyazaki Ichi		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy	Koyama Kunitarō		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice	Viscount Takagi Masanari		Independent	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education	Nakaima Sōichi		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Matsuki Hiromu		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry	Kita Sōichirō		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications	Fujiu Yasutarō		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways	Ōshima Torakichi		Rikken Minseitō	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs	Katō Yoshiyuki		Independent	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health	Īmura Gorō		Rikken Seiyūkai	September 19, 1939	January 16, 1940
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