{"id":1611,"date":"2015-09-26T02:36:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T02:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2019-09-02T06:06:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T06:06:24","slug":"the-ministries-preaching-the-red-tape-sacraments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langleyesquire.com\/ja\/the-ministries-preaching-the-red-tape-sacraments\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministries: Preaching the Red Tape Sacraments"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While there is no law or mention\nwithin the National Government Organization Act that defines it, there is an\nunderstanding of \u201cimportance\u201d within and among the various Ministries that make\nup the Japanese government. It is rumored that within the 12 Ministries and Single\nCabinet, there are a certain number of organizations that stand out in budget,\nauthority, and tradition. These special few are called \u201cThe Big 5.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, The Big 5\norganizations are said to be: The Ministry of Finance (MoF), The Ministry of\nEconomy, Trade and Industry (METI), The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), The\nMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), and The National Police\nAgency (NPA). Many of those within The Big 5 are said to feel as if they are\nprivileged with, at times, carrying the weight of the nation upon their \u2018esteemed\u2019\nshoulders. Below, we would like to on a quick tour through this\never-the-more-interesting bureaucracy\u2019s history, culture, and \u2013 perhaps most\nimportant \u2013 powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The\nMinistry of Finance:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Finance is often\ncalled the center of the Japanese bureaucracy. Tasked with both budgeting\npolicy and tax collection, MoF is often considered to have the most important\npowers in government. Having its fiscal and financial affairs divisions split\nin 1998 (into what is now the Financial Services Agency, formerly the Financial\nSupervisory Agency), 2001 would see even further change with its re-designation\nfrom The Ministry of the Treasury to the Ministry of Finance. The fiscal and\nfinancial split is, however, one only in name alone. Talent, negotiations, and\nother personnel resources continue to flow throughout both Agencies even today.\nFurthermore, the MoF\u2019s organizational power and skill in gathering information\nis almost frightening in its scope. The MoF\u2019s information network mainly stems\nfrom the Ministerial Secretaries it has stationed with the Prime Minister, the\nChief Cabinet Secretary, Ministers, Vice Ministers, and Parliamentary\nSecretaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MoF employees are also highly\nactive in reaching out to Representatives and Councilors with particular\nconnections to finance, and are at times so persistent in explaining their\nissues that their \u2018explanations\u2019 have been frequently called \u201clectures\u201d by\nthose on the receiving end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The\nMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Known as The Ministry of\nInternational Trade and Industry (MITI) up until the Central Government Reforms\nof 2001, METI is the Ministry most responsible for driving Japan\u2019s once\nfantastic economic growth, most notably mentioned by Mr. Chalmers Johnson in\nhis work <em>MITI and the Japanese Miracle<\/em>.\nThis period also saw foreign fears rear their head towards the Ministry in\ndubbing it \u201cNotorious MITI,\u201d or the \u201cMighty MITI.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuclear energy strategy also\nused to be under METI\u2019s jurisdiction as the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency,\nbut saw it quickly removed to the Ministry of Environment\u2019s Nuclear Regulation\nAuthority after the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Meltdown of 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, METI is enjoying a close\nrelationship with the Abe Administration, to which the Abe Administration\ncontinues to play up. For example, the current \u2018center\u2019 of METI policy and\nstrategy efforts is a Mr. Takaya Imai, Chief\nPolicy Secretary for the Prime Minister, who also happens to be the former Vice\nChairman of the powerful Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. From being\nthe main supporting infrastructure upon which \u2018Abenomics\u2019 hopes to encourage\neconomic revitalization, METI is once again becoming an important\nconsideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs:<\/strong> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The only Ministry not to face a name change\nsince the establishment of the Cabinet in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1885,\nThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs is considered a stalwart even today. While\nthere was an effort to change the Ministry\u2019s designation to the \u201cMinistry of\nForeign Strategy\u201d in the 2001 reorganizations, staunch opposition from the\nMinistry ended the effort before it had a chance to catch on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From their status as \u201cDiplomats\u201d to special\nassignments and training at diplomatic establishments abroad, it has been said\nthat employees of MoFA have quite a peculiar and high opinion of their own\nknowledge. Furthermore, there is almost an \u201cEarth and Sky\u201d difference between\ncareer and non-career diplomats. In order to correct this incredible imbalance,\nand put it in the same \u201catmosphere\u201d as the other Ministries, MoFA\u2019s examination\nwas, in 2001, integrated into the same examination as all other Ministerial\nemployees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there was a longstanding tradition of\nAdministrative Vice-Ministers being stationed in the U.S.A., due to a series of\nunfortunate events in 2001, this practice was temporarily halted. This was\nre-instituted, however, in 2012 after an 11-year hiatus with Mr. Kenichiro\nSasae (former Administrative Vice-Minister) becoming the newest Ambassador to\nthe United States for Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Abe Administration has, at best,\nmaintained a good relationship with the Ministry. Mr. Shotarou Yachi, former\nAdministrative Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, was, with the support of the\nAbe Administration, appointed the first Bureau Chief of the Japan Security\nCouncil (NSC). His appointment was quickly followed by the appointment of former\nInternational Law Bureau Chief Nobukatsu Kanehara as the NSC\u2019s Assistant\nManager after a stint as Deputy Director General of the Cabinet Office. The\ncurrent Administrative Vice-Minister, Akitaka Saiki, is an expert on abduction\nissues, and has built a strong relationship with the Abe Administration in\norder to help rectify the problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ministry of Internal Affairs and\nCommunications (Self-Governing Bodies Council):<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncurrent Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was established in 2001\nwith the mergers of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Management and\nCoordination Agency, and the Ministry of Posts and Communications. In\ndiscussing the BIG 5, it should be noted that the second in line to \u2018most\npowers held\u2019 outside of the Ministry of the Treasury was the Ministry of Home\nAffairs, especially concentrated within the Bureau of Autonomous Government\nStrategy, Bureau of Autonomous Government Finance, and the Bureau of Autonomous\nGovernment Taxation. (Within Kasumigaseki, while these are combined\norganizations under the law, the previous Ministry culture still pervades\nthroughout, from the beginning of one\u2019s employment to course of promotions and\ntheir speed.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MIC\u2019s\n\u201cAutonomous Government(s)\u201d Divisions manage Regional Governments and their\nstrategy, with a budget of around \u00a516trillion garnered via tax revenue of\naround \u00a535trillion, they are easily one of the most well funded organizations\nin government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncurrent Administrative Vice-Minister, Shun Sakurai, also happens to be the\nfather of Sho Sakurai, nominal \u2018leader\u2019 of the immensely popular Idol Group\nArashi. Coincidentally, Sho Sakurai is also a newscaster on the popular\nMIC-managed TV program, NEWS ZERO on the Japan Television Network (Nihon TV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>National Police Agency:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Much\nlike MIC, the National Police Agency stems from the former Ministry of Home\nAffairs. Unlike other ministries, however, the head of the NPA is not an\nelected official, but the Director General of the Police Force. While the NPA\nis the official supervising body of the Domestic Security Commission, they hold\nlittle to no power in its running in actuality. Also different from the\nNational Ministries, while the regional police forces are nominally under the\ndirection of each prefecture\u2019s governor, all commanding officers and managerial\nstaff are sent directly from the NPA. One issue with the leadership of the NPA\nis, however, the Secretary General\u2019s inability to give information directly to\nthe Prime Minister. In his or her stead, such critical information is relayed\nto the Prime Minister from the Cabinet\u2019s Information Research Office, a noted\npart of Japan\u2019s Intelligence (i.e. spy) framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;While there were a number of politicians who\ncame from the NPA in the past, such as Masaharu Gotoda and Shizuka Kamei, the\nNPA has not produced many politicians worth of note in recent years. Instead,\nwith its already strong ties to the Pachinko (Gambling) Industry, the NPA has\ninstead recently began tying itself ever closer to the issue of legalizing casinos\nin Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While the above are mere examples, we hope to have shown you a number of the traditions and understandings that exist in the unofficial background of the halls of Kasumigaseki. Even though these rules are not set in stone, they may be held in even higher regard than the law. Should these rules be broken, one can usually expect a slowdown or stoppage in any progress being made. We hope that this article has proven useful in helping to understand Kasumigaseki just a little bit more <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there is no law or mention within the National Government Organization Act that defines it, there is an understanding of \u201cimportance\u201d within and among the various Ministries that make up the Japanese government. It is rumored that within the 12 Ministries and Single Cabinet, there are a certain number of organizations that stand out in budget, authority, and tradition. 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