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The Japanese government's executive branch is primarily composed of '''ministries'''.

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 * [[Japan/MinistryOfWar|Ministry of War]], also sometimes names as the '''Ministry of the Army''' (陸軍省, ''Rikugun shou'')
 * [[Japan/MinistryOfTheNavy|Ministry of the Navy]] (海軍省, ''Kaigun shou'')
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 * [[Japan/MinistryOfInternationalTradeAndIndustry|Ministry of International Trade and Industry]] (通商産業省, Tsuushousangyou shou, most commonly known as MITI)

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== History ==



=== Pre-War ===

Civil service exams were instituted in the Meiji era to promote a professional and prestigious bureaucracy.

Todai Law earned and maintained a reputation for producing students capable of passing the exams. Similar to Harvard and Yale in the United States, it is now entrenched in national policymaking.



=== Post-War ===

Aside from the [[Japan/GHQ#Bureaucracy|Home Ministry]], much of Imperial Japan's government was left as-is by [[Japan/GHQ|GHQ]]. This left the bureaucracy in a powerful position.

While ministers were elected members of the Diet, all other members of a ministry (up to and including vice ministers) were career bureaucrats. This led to a functional structure similar to the IMF; the minister as a figurehead, the vice minister as the ''de facto'' head.

This status was maintained by the '''amakudari''' system, whereby retiring bureaucrats were gifted a job by the vice minister exercising their high-level connections to corporate boards.
 * [[Japan/MinistryOfInternationalTradeAndIndustry|Ministry of International Trade and Industry]], more generally known as '''MITI''' (通商産業省, ''Tsuushousangyou shou'')

Japanese Ministries

The Japanese government is primarily composed of ministries.

Current Ministries

Notable Historic Ministries


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