In April 1994, Tsutomu Hata of the New Frontier Party formed a non-LDP Cabinet, but the ruling coalition lost a majority in the Lower House after the Japan Socialist Party, the predecessor of the ...

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Hata was a transport minister under the government led by the Democratic Party of Japan. He was the son of the late Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata.

“At the Prime Minister’s Official Residence, military officers are said to be seen standing in the garden in the middle of the night,” Yasuko Hata, widow of former Prime Minister Tsutomu ...

In her 1996 memoir, Yasuko Hata, wife of former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, recalls unusual experiences while residing there. The presence made her feel "eerie and oppressive." She also stated ...