Katayama Cabinet

Katayama Cabinet

46th Cabinet of Japan
The Katayama Cabinet on June 1, 1947.
Date formedMay 24, 1947
Date dissolvedMarch 10, 1948
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa
Prime MinisterTetsu Katayama
Deputy Prime MinisterHitoshi Ashida
(from June 1, 1947)
Member parties(Allied occupation)
Japan Socialist Party
Democratic Party
National Cooperative Party
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
Opposition partiesLiberal Party
Japanese Communist Party
Japan Farmers Party
History
Elections1947 councillors election
1947 Japanese general election
Legislature term2nd National Diet
PredecessorFirst Yoshida Cabinet
SuccessorAshida Cabinet
No majority without coalition: Composition of the House of Representatives after the 1947 general election
Composition of the House of Councillors after the 1947 ordinary election. A majority of the elected independents formed the Ryokufūkai group in the first Diet session.

The Katayama Cabinet (片山内閣, Katayama naikaku) governed Japan under the premiership of Tetsu Katayama from 24 May 1947 to 10 March 1948, during the Allied occupation. It was the first cabinet under the postwar constitution.