Category:Government ministries of Japan
Japanese Ministries (省, shō), Agencies (庁, chō) and its External Bureaus.
A Japanese agency (chō) is a "junior ministry" so to speak; it is not a subordinate part of any other ministry, and is different from a ministry only in that its chief is recognized as a ministerial (twelve member cabinet-level) position. Any chō can potentially be elevated to a full ministry during reorganization to reflect policy shifts (and a ministry likewise be downgraded to an agency, or merged with other ministries to make room for an agency to become a new ministry).
Defunct ministries and agencies should be classed into Category:Former government ministries of Japan
See also Category:Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan.
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
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Pages in category "Government ministries of Japan"
The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.