First Ōkuma Cabinet

The First Ōkuma Cabinet was the eighth Cabinet of Japan, and was led by Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu from June 30 to November 8, 1898. It was Japan's first party-based cabinet, with all ministers except the two service ministers drawn from the Kenseitō.
The cabinet was formed only days after the Kenseitō was founded, through the merger of Ōkuma's Shimpotō and the Itagaki Taisuke's Jiyūtō. Internal divisions persisted, leading to a party split and the cabinet's collapse in November 1898.