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The most influential part of the executive of the Japanese government are the ministries. In postwar politics, the posts of ministers have been given to senior legislators, mostly of the LDP. However, few ministers have been serving their terms for more than one or two years, and developed the necessary grisp of the organisation to become really influential. Thus, most of the power lies within the ministries, with the senior bureaucrats.
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List of ministries
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
- Ministry of the Environment
- Ministry of Defense
Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office is responsible for handling the day to day affairs of the cabinet. It consists of:
Former ministries
Before 2001
- Home Ministry (abolished in 1947)
- Ministry of War (abolished in 1945)
- Ministry of the Navy (abolished in 1945)
- Ministry of Colonial Affairs (abolished in 1942)
- Ministry of Greater East Asia (abolished in 1945)
2001 Central Government Reform
As a result of the Central Government Reform in 2001, many Ministries are reformed.
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) (merged into Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry )
- Ministry of Construction (merged into Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport )
- Ministry of Transport (merged into Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport )
- Ministry of Home Affairs (merged into Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
- Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (divided into Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Japan Post)
- Ministry of Education (merged into Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (merged into Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
- Ministry of Labor (merged into Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
List of ministers
- Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (Heizo Takanaka).
- Minister of Justice (Seiken Sugiura)
- Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Measures for Declining Birthrate (内閣府特命担当大臣- 青少年育成及び少子化対策)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs (Taro Aso)
- Minister of Finance (Sadakazu Tanigaki)
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Kenji Kosaka)
- Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Jiro Kawasaki)
- Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Shoichi Nakagawa)
- Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Toshihiro Nikai)
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Kazuo Kitagawa)
- Minister of the Environment (Yuriko Koike)
- Minister of Defense (Fumio Kyuma)
- Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (内閣府特命担当大臣- 沖縄及び北方対策)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary (内閣官房長官)
- Minister of State for Gender Equality (内閣府特命担当大臣: 男女共同参画)
- Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会委員長)
- Minister of State for Disaster Management (内閣府特命担当大臣- 防災)
- Minister of State for National Emergency Legislation (内閣府特命担当大臣- 有事法制担当)
- Minister of State for Financial Policy (内閣府特命担当大臣- 金融)
- Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy (内閣府特命担当大臣- 経済財政政策)
- Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services (内閣府特命担当大臣- 郵政民営化担当)
- Minister of State for Regulatory Reform (内閣府特命担当大臣- 規制改革)
- Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (内閣府特命担当大臣- 産業再生機構)
- Minister of State for Administrative Reform (内閣府特命担当大臣- 行政改革担当)
- Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform (内閣府特命担当大臣- 構造改革特区)
- Minister of State for Regional Revitalization (内閣府特命担当大臣- 地域再生担当)
- Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy (内閣府特命担当大臣- 科学技術政策)
- Minister of State for Food Safety (内閣府特命担当大臣- 食品安全)
- Minister of State for Information Technology (内閣府特命担当大臣- 情報通信技術（IT）担当)
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