= Tsutomu Hata = '''Tsutomu Hata''' ('''羽田 孜''') was [[Japan/PrimeMinisters|prime minister of Japan]]. <> ---- == History == Hata was elected to the diet in 1969 for the [[Japan/LiberalDemocraticParty|LDP]]. In 1993 he led a breakaway group to found the '''Japan Renewal Party''' and joined the grand coalition government under [[Japan/MorihiroHosokawa|Morihiro Hosokawa]]. After Hosokawa resigned in April 1994, Hata was elected prime minister. The [[Japan/JapanSocialistParty|Japan Socialist Party]] shortly left the coalition, leaving the coalition with a minority government. Rather than face a vote of no confidence, Hata resigned on June 30th, 1994. In late 1994, the Japan Renewal Party merged with many of the former coalition parties to found the [[Japan/NewFrontierParty|New Frontier Party]]. Hata drifted to the '''Sun Party''', to the '''Good Governance Party''', and to the [[Japan/DemocraticPartyOfJapan|Democratic Party of Japan]]. ---- CategoryRicottone