Overview

The Cabinet Offices Role in the Cabinet

Unique Functions

Ministers of State for Special Missions

Ministers of State for Special Missions, ordered to provide strong and prompt policy
planning and comprehensive policy coordination on crucial issues in the Cabinet, are
exclusively established in the Cabinet Office.

Important Policy Councils

The Cabinet Office works as "the place of wisdom" that helps the Cabinet and the Prime
Minister. The Cabinet Office has five Important Policy Councils; the chairman of each
council should be either the Prime Minister or the Chief Cabinet Secretary, while members
of the councils are designated to ministers in charge of related policies and specialists in the
fields.
Structure

PrimeMinister

ChiefCabinet Minister ofState

Secretary forSpecialMissions

Deputy ChiefCabinet SeniorViceMinister

Secretary3 6 Parliamentary
Secretary7

ViceMinister
ViceMinister for
Policy Coodination2

Director Generalfor
EconomicandFiscal P.5
Minister's Management
Secretariat Director Generalfor
DirectorGeneralforPolicy Economic,Fiscaland P.8
Coordination SocialStructure
DeputyDirectorGeneralfor
PolicyEvaluation
Director Generalfor
DeputyDirectorGeneral for P.11
EconomicResearch
NationalSpacePolicy
DeputyDirectorGeneralfor
PolicyonDecliningBirthrateand Director Generalfor
YouthAffairs Scienceand P.13
DeputyDirectorGeneral18 TechnologyPolicy
Director9
GeneralAffairsDivision
Director Generalfor
SecretarialOffice
P.16
DisasterManagement

PersonnelDivision

Director Generalfor P.19

AccountsDivision
Okinawaaffairs
PolicyCoordinationDivision
Director Generalfor
InternationalAffairsOffice
PoliciesonCohesive P.21
Society
OfficeforInformationSystems

PolicyEvaluationandPublic
RelationsDivision
RecordsandArchives Director42
Management Division P.33
PublicRelations
Office P.34
DirectorofWelfare
Office
 Councilon EconomicandFiscalPolicyP.4
Councilfor ScienceandTechnologyPolicyP.13
Council onNationalStrategicSpecialZones
Central DisasterManagimentCouncilP.16
Council forGenderEqualityP.30

CommitteeonNational SpacePolicy
Committee forthePromotionofPrivate
FinanceInitiative
SupervisoryCommission forPublicPrivate
andPrivatePrivateCompetitiveTenderings
SecretariatP.47
Food SafetyCommission
Decoration P.27 EconomicandSocialResearch
SecretariatP.48
Bureau InstituteP.56
CouncilforChildrenandChildrearing
StateGuestHouseP.57
Commission onEvaluationof
GeneralAffairs Division IncorporatedAdministrativeAgencies
NorthernTerritoriesAffairs Public RecordsandArchivesManagement
ExaminationOfficer3 Commission
AdministrationP.58
FinancialSystemManagement Council CentralCouncil onPromotionofMeasures
GenderEquality CouncilforthePromotionofPrivate forPersonswithDisabilities
P.29 Atomic EnergyCommission
Bureau FinanceInitiative
Local GovernmentSystemResearch
HeadquartersforPromotionofSupport
Council
GeneralAffairs Division forYouthAffairs
ElectionSystemCouncil
CouncilforFood EducationPromotion
Council ontheHouseofRepresentatives
ResearchDivision DecliningFertilitySocietyPolicyCouncil
ElectoralDistrict
AgingSocietyPolicyCouncil
GenderEquality Council forRelocationoftheDietand
PromotionDivision Central TrafficSafetyPolicyCouncil OtherOrganizations
Office forEliminationof CouncilforthePromotionof Policiesfor Secretariat
ViolenceagainstWomen CrimeVictims Statistics CommissionP.49
CouncilforPolicyofSuicidePrevention InformationDisclosureandPersonal
Okinawa CouncilforPoor Children InformationProtectionReviewBoard
Developmentand P.19 Consumer PolicyCouncil SecretariatP.50
PromotionBureau International PeaceCooperation Public InterestCorporationCommission
Headquarters SecretariatP.59 SecretariatP.38
GeneralAffairs Division Science CouncilofJapan ReemploymentSurveillance Commission
Development and SecretariatP.61 SecretariatP.51
PromotionOffice CenterforPersonnelInterchanges ConsumerCommission
betweentheGovernmentandPrivate SecretariatP.53
OfficeforSupportof
EntitiesP.52 Okinawa DevelopmentCouncil
MilitaryBaseReuse
CouncilforNuclearPowerSitedRegions Council forRegulatoryReform
CouncilforthePolicyonCorpse SecretariatP.55
Director4
Examination SecretariatP.62 TaxCommission

OkinawaGeneralBureau
P.19
ImperialHousehold Agency

FairTradeCommission
National PublicSafetyCommission
Specific PersonalInformationProtectionCommission
Financial ServicesAgency
Consumer AffairsAgency