The Ministry of the Interior and Communications of Japan ( 総 務 省 So: muse:) is the executive authority in the Japanese government. He oversees the Japanese administrative system, manages local governments, and is involved in elections, telecommunications, postal services and government statistics. The Minister of the Interior and Communications is appointed from among the members of the current cabinet.
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| Executive Minister | Yoshitaka Shindo , Minister |
| Website | soumu.go.jp |
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History
The Ministry was created on January 6, 2001 by merging the Ministry of the Interior ( 自治 省 省 zitisho:) , the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications ( 郵政 省 省 Yu: Seisyo:) and the Agency for Management and Coordination ( 総 務 務 庁 со: Mute:) . Certain functions of managing and coordinating the agency were transferred to the cabinet secretariat in a routine manner, while many functions of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications were transferred to the independent Postal Services Agency, which later became Japan Post.
Units
The Ministry has the following units as of July 2011:
Bureau
- Secretary of the Minister ( Jap. 大臣 官 房 Daijin Cambo:)
- Director General of the Secretariat of the Minister
- Director General Policy Coordination
- General Director for the revitalization of the regions
- Director General Policy Evaluation
- Deputy Director General of the Secretary of the Minister
- Advisor
- Secretary department
- Common department
- Billing department
- Policy Planning Division
- Department for Evaluation of Politics and Public Relations
- Management office
- Personnel and Pension Bureau ( 人事 恩 給 局 Jinji-onkyu: -kyoku )
- Pension Bureau, General Director for Human Resources
- Deputy General Director for Human Resources
- Common department
- HR Department
- Age HR Department
- Retirement planning department
- Department of Pension Expertise
- Department of retirement
- Advisor
- Bureau of Administration ( Jap. 行政 管理局 Kyo: sei-kanri-kyoku )
- Director General of the Bureau of Administration
- Planning and Coordination Department
- Government Information Systems Planning Division
- Director of Management
- Administrative Evaluation Bureau ( 行政 評 価 局 Kyo: sei-hyo: ka-kyoku )
- Director General Bureau of Administrative Evaluation
- Common department
- Administration Advisory
- Evaluation Policy Director
- Director of Evaluation and Inspection
- Bureau of Local Administration ( Jap. 行政局 行政局 Jiti-gyo: Sei-Kyoku )
- Director General of the Bureau of Local Administration
- Local Administration
- Administration Improvement Department
- Municipal Merger Promotion Department
- Department of Regional Policy
- Department of Assistance to Regional Government
- Local Human Resources Service
- Director General of the local civil service human resources department
- Human Resources Department of the Local Public Service
- Welfare department
- Election department
- Director General of the Election Division
- Election Office
- Election management department
- Foundation for Political Regulation
- Bureau of Local Government Finance ( Jap. 自治 財政 局 Jiti-zaisei-kyoku )
- Director General, Local Government Finance Bureau
- Local Finance Department
- Department of coordination of local public finances
- Local branch of tax distribution
- Department of financial management
- Tax Bureau ( Jap. 自治 税務局 Jiti-zeymu-kyoku )
- CEO of local tax bureaus
- Local tax planning departments
- Prefectural Tax Policy Division
- Municipal Tax Planning Department
- Property Tax Department