▁Mount ▁Adams ▁( W ashington ) ▁Category : Mount ▁Adams ▁( W ashington ) ▁Category : G iff ord ▁Pin ch ot ▁National ▁Forest ▁Category : G la ci ers ▁of ▁Y ak ima ▁County , ▁Washington ▁Category : G la ci ers ▁of ▁Washington ▁( state ) <0x0A> </s> ▁General ▁elections ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁Japan ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁to ▁elect ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives . ▁The ▁Liberal ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁( LD P ), ▁in ▁power ▁since ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁lost ▁their ▁majority ▁in ▁parliament . ▁An ▁eight - party ▁coal ition ▁government ▁was ▁formed ▁and ▁head ed ▁by ▁Mor i hi ro ▁H os ok awa , ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Japan ▁New ▁Party ▁( J NP ). ▁The ▁election ▁result ▁was ▁prof ound ly ▁important ▁to ▁Japan ' s ▁domestic ▁and ▁foreign ▁affairs . ▁It ▁marked ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁that ▁the ▁r uling ▁coal ition ▁had ▁been ▁defeated , ▁being ▁replaced ▁by ▁a ▁coal ition ▁of ▁liber als , ▁cent rist s ▁and ▁reform ists . ▁The ▁change ▁in ▁government ▁also ▁marked ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁gener ational ▁politics ▁and ▁political ▁conduct , ▁the ▁election ▁was ▁widely ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁back l ash ▁against ▁cor ruption , ▁p ork - bar rel ▁sp ending ▁and ▁a ▁infl ated ▁b ureau c racy . ▁Pro posed ▁elect oral ▁re forms ▁also ▁held ▁much ▁influence ▁over ▁the ▁election . ▁Ele ven ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁election , ▁the