Cabinet composition would be the practical test of a Yonai government because negotiations needed to begin almost immediately. His earlier cabinet had included a broader civilian and party balance rather than allowing the armed forces to dominate every portfolio. The Imperial Rule Assistance Association posed a particular problem because it had been created as a one-party instrument but remained uncertain about its own leadership. Yonai might temporarily take it over, yet his previous use of competing parties made him an uneasy fit for Konoe's organization.
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Cabinet formation and the fate of the one-party association
The counterfactual's immediate challenge is whether Yonai can assemble a balanced cabinet and retain, reshape, or abandon Konoe's one-party organization.