This incident, however, forced the second cabinet of Gonbei YAMAMOTO to take the responsibility and resign en bloc, and subsequently Keigo KIYOURA, Chairman of the Privy Council received an Imperial command to form a new cabinet.
しかしこの事件により、第二次山本権兵衛内閣は責任を取る形で総辞職を余儀なくされ、代わって枢密院議長の清浦奎吾に内閣組閣の大命が下った。