First Konoe Cabinet

First Konoe Cabinet
First Konoe Cabinet
; 34th Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	June 4, 1937
Date dissolved	January 5, 1939
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Fumimaro Konoe
History
Predecessor	Hayashi Cabinet
Successor	Hiranuma Cabinet

Last updated June 30, 2024

The First Konoe Cabinet is the 34th Cabinet of Japan led by Fumimaro Konoe from June 4, 1937, to January 5, 1939.^[1]

Cabinet

Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Prince Fumimaro Konoe		Independent	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Kōki Hirota		Independent	June 4, 1937	May 26, 1938
Minister of Home Affairs	Eiichi Baba		Independent	June 4, 1937	December 14, 1937
Minister of Home Affairs	Nobumasa Suetsugu		Military (Navy)	December 14, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Finance	Okinori Kaya		Independent	June 4, 1937	May 26, 1938
Minister of the Army	Hajime Sugiyama		Military (Army)	June 4, 1937	June 3, 1938
Minister of the Navy	Mitsumasa Yonai		Military (Navy)	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Justice	Suehiko Shiono		Independent	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Education	Yasui Eiji		Independent	June 4, 1937	October 22, 1937
Minister of Education	Marquess Kōichi Kido		Independent	October 22, 1937	May 26, 1938
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Count Yoriyasu Arima		Independent	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Shinji Yoshino		Independent	June 4, 1937	May 26, 1938
Minister of Communications	Ryūtarō Nagai		Rikken Minseitō	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Railways	Chikuhei Nakajima		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Colonial Affairs	Sonyu Ōtani		Independent	June 4, 1937	June 25, 1938
Minister of Health	Marquess Kōichi Kido		Independent	January 11, 1938	January 5, 1939
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Akira Kazami		Independent	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Taki Masao		Independent	June 4, 1937	October 25, 1937
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Funada Naka		Rikken Seiyūkai	October 25, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs	Matsumoto Tadao		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs	Katsuta Eikichi		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance	Ōta Masataka		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army	Katō Kumeshirō		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy	Ichinomiya Fusajirō		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice	Hisayama Tomoyuki		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education	Uchigasaki Sakusaburō		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Takahashi Morihei		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry	Kogure Budayū		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications	Tajima Katsutarō		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways	Tajiri Seigo		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs	Yasumi Saburō		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health	Kudō Tetsuo		Rikken Minseitō	January 18, 1938	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs	Funada Naka		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	October 25, 1937
	Vacant			October 25, 1937	December 15, 1937
	Haruna Seishō		Independent	December 15, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs	Kimura Masayoshi		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance	Nakamura Sannojo		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army	Hisa Shōhei		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy	Kishida Masaki		Independent	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice	Fujita Wakami		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education	Akagi Kōhei		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Sukegawa Keishirō		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry	Satō Kennosuke		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications	Inukai Takeru		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways	Kanai Masao		Independent	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs	Irei Hajime		Kokumin Dōmei	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health	Yamamoto Yoshiji		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 18, 1938	January 5, 1939

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Reshuffled Cabinet

A Cabinet reshuffle took place on May 26, 1938.

Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Prime Minister	Prince Fumimaro Konoe		Independent	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Kazushige Ugaki		Military (Army)	May 26, 1938	September 30, 1938
	Prince Fumimaro Konoe		Independent	September 30, 1938	October 29, 1938
	Hachiro Arita		Independent	October 29, 1938	January 5, 1939
Minister of Home Affairs	Nobumasa Suetsugu		Military (Navy)	December 14, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Finance	Ikeda Shigeaki		Independent	May 26, 1938	January 5, 1939
Minister of the Army	Hajime Sugiyama		Military (Army)	June 4, 1937	June 3, 1938
Minister of the Army	Seishirō Itagaki		Military (Army)	June 3, 1938	January 5, 1939
Minister of the Navy	Mitsumasa Yonai		Military (Navy)	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Justice	Suehiko Shiono		Independent	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Education	Baron Sadao Araki		Military (Army)	May 26, 1938	January 5, 1939
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Count Yoriyasu Arima		Independent	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Ikeda Shigeaki		Independent	May 26, 1938	January 5, 1939
Minister of Communications	Ryūtarō Nagai		Rikken Minseitō	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Railways	Chikuhei Nakajima		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Minister of Colonial Affairs	Sonyu Ōtani		Independent	June 4, 1937	June 25, 1938
	Kazushige Ugaki		Military (Army)	June 25, 1938	September 30, 1938
	Prince Fumimaro Konoe		Independent	September 30, 1938	October 29, 1938
	Yoshiaki Hatta		Independent	October 29, 1938	January 5, 1939
Minister of Health	Marquess Kōichi Kido		Independent	January 11, 1938	January 5, 1939
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Akira Kazami		Independent	June 4, 1937	January 5, 1939
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Funada Naka		Rikken Seiyūkai	October 25, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs	Matsumoto Tadao		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Home Affairs	Katsuta Eikichi		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance	Ōta Masataka		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Army	Katō Kumeshirō		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Navy	Ichinomiya Fusajirō		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice	Hisayama Tomoyuki		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education	Uchigasaki Sakusaburō		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Takahashi Morihei		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry	Kogure Budayū		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Communications	Tajima Katsutarō		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Railways	Tajiri Seigo		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Colonial Affairs	Yasumi Saburō		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health	Kudō Tetsuo		Rikken Minseitō	January 18, 1938	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretaries
Portfolio	Name	Political party		Term start	Term end
Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs	Haruna Seishō		Independent	December 15, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Home Affairs	Kimura Masayoshi		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Finance	Nakamura Sannojo		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Army	Hisa Shōhei		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Navy	Kishida Masaki		Independent	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Justice	Fujita Wakami		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Education	Akagi Kōhei		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Sukegawa Keishirō		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry	Satō Kennosuke		Rikken Minseitō	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Communications	Inukai Takeru		Rikken Seiyūkai	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Railways	Kanai Masao		Independent	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Colonial Affairs	Irei Hajime		Kokumin Dōmei	June 24, 1937	January 5, 1939
Parliamentary Undersecretary of Health	Yamamoto Yoshiji		Rikken Seiyūkai	January 18, 1938	January 5, 1939

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First Konoe Cabinet
34th Cabinet of Japan

Date formed	June 4, 1937
Date dissolved	January 5, 1939
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Fumimaro Konoe
History
Predecessor	Hayashi Cabinet
Successor	Hiranuma Cabinet

First Konoe Cabinet

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Cabinet

Reshuffled Cabinet

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