The Rikkendōshi-kai party, founded in 1913, became the ruling party after winning 1915 parliamentary election and Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu joined it. In historiography, process of emergence, as well this party’s cabinet, is limited to an exclusively positive statement fact existence such government, which midst World War I was replaced by a “technical” non-party cabinet. problem deep reas...

Abstract Presidents and prime ministers who form gender-parity cabinets receive positive news coverage public praise. Cabinet reshuffles, with less attention, may offer scope to decrease the numbers of female ministers. Although research on gendered impact reshuffles is sparse, some studies suggest that women's presence declines during reshuffles. This article explores dynamics follow initial c...