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Which parties formed a coalition with the Liberal-Democratic Party after its return to government in 1994?
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After the Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) lost its majority and control of the government in 1993, it returned to power in 1994 by forming a coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Japan (formerly the Japan Socialist Party) and the small Sakigake Party.1
To secure this coalition, the LDP offered the position of prime minister to the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Murayama Tomiichi.1