Cabinet Office (Japan)

Cabinet Office
内閣府; Naikaku-fu
	; Cabinet Office Building
Agency overview
Formed	6 January 2001
Preceding agencies	Prime Minister's Office; Economic Planning Agency; Okinawa Regional Development Bureau; National Land Agency Disaster Prevention Bureau;
Jurisdiction	Japan
Headquarters	1-6-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8914, Japan; 35°40′23″N 139°44′42″E / 35.673°N 139.745°E
Annual budget	JP¥3,042,234,260
Agency executives	Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister; Hirokazu Matsuno, Minister of State / Chief Cabinet Secretary;
Website	cao.go.jp

The Cabinet Office (内閣府, Naikaku-fu) (CAO) is an agency of the Cabinet of Japan. It is responsible for handling the day-to-day affairs of the Cabinet.

Central Government Building No. 4 in which the Cabinet Office International Peace Cooperation Headquarters is located.

The Cabinet Office is formally headed by the Prime Minister.^[1]

Ministers

Position	Minister
Prime Minister	Shigeru Ishiba
Minister of State / Chief Cabinet Secretary	Yoshimasa Hayashi
Ministers of State for Special Missions	Shun'ichi Suzuki Yasutoshi Nishimura Shintaro Ito Taro Kono Yoshifumi Matsumura Ayuko Kato Yoshitaka Shindo Sanae Takaichi Hanako Jimi
State Ministers	Akimasa Ishikawa Tatsunori Ibayashi Shōzō Kudō Manabu Horii Kazuchika Iwata Yasuyuki Sakai Shigeru Dōko Motome Takisawa Hiroyuki Miyazawa
Parliamentary Vice-Ministers	Shin Tsuchida Jun'ichi Kanda Yūichirō Koga Shōjirō Hiranuma Nobuhiro Yoshida Taku Ishii Ryūshō Katō Isato Kunisada Shingo Miyake
Administrative Vice-Minister	Hiroshi Tawa

History

The Cabinet Office was established on 6 January 2001, following the reorganization of the central government.^[2] It was created to assist in the planning and overall coordination of government policies led by the Cabinet (including the Cabinet Secretariat). The Cabinet Office is different from other ministries and agencies, as it is installed in the Cabinet and includes several Ministers of State called Minister of State for Special Missions.

Early on, some argued it was inappropriate to use the name Cabinet Office because "it is an organization that divides and manages administrative affairs and not the cabinet itself".^[3]

The National Administrative Organization Law does not apply, instead, all necessary matters are stipulated in the Cabinet Office Establishment Law. Many important policy issues require cross-ministerial responses and since the establishment of the Cabinet Office they have delt with many different matters. The Cabinet Office's presence has increased, such as its jurisdiction over certified children's educational institutions.^[4] The number of Ministers of State for Special Missions has increased from 6 at the beginning of the Cabinet Office, to 10 as of September 2020.^{[citation needed]}

In the Third Abe Cabinet, as a review of the work, the “Act for Partial Revision of the National Administrative Organization Act, etc. for Strengthening Functions Related to Comprehensive Coordination, etc. of the Important Policy of the Cabinet” was enacted, and future transfer of work to each ministry was established.

Jurisdiction

The Cabinet Office's function is to help the Cabinet work on important policies and streamline critical issues Japan will face in the future.

Its responsibilities extend to:

The Imperial Family, honorary and official systems
Promotion of the formation of a gender-equal society
Civil Activities
Promotion and development of Okinawa and the northern territories
Protection of the public from disasters
Promotion of fair and free competition between businesses
Ensuring national security
Identifying specific individuals in administrative procedures
Ensuring the proper handling of numbers, etc.
Ensuring appropriate functions of finance
Promoting measures for the realization of a society where consumers can live in a safe and secure consumer life

As such, the Cabinet Office is responsible for several agencies and internal ministries and administrations through which these responsibilities are spread.

Organization

The CO is structured as of 2014:^[5]

Bureaus

Ministers' Secretariat (内閣府大臣官房)
- General Affairs Division
- Personnel Division
- Accounts Division
- Policy Coordination Division
- Policy Evaluation and Public Relations Division
- Records and Archives Management Division
- Public Relations Office
Director General for Economic and Fiscal Management
Director General for Economic, Fiscal and Social Structure
Director General for Economic Research
Director General for Science and Technology Policy
Director General for Disaster Management
Director General for Nuclear Disaster Management
Director General for Okinawa affairs
Director General for Policies on Cohesive Society
Decoration Bureau
- General Affairs Division
Gender Equality Bureau
- General Affairs Division
- Research Division
- Gender Equality Promotion Division
Okinawa Development and Promotion Bureau
- General Affairs Division

Councils

Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
Council for Science and Technology Policy
Council on National Strategic Special Zones
Central Disaster Managiment Council
Council for Gender Equality

Committees

Committee on National Space Policy
Committee for the Promotion of Private Finance Initiative
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Food Safety Commission
Council for Children and Child-rearing
Council on the Use of Real Estate
Public Recordsand Archives Management Commission
CentralCouncil on Promotion of Measures for Persons with Disabilities
Atomic Energy Commission
LocalGovernment System Research Council
Election System Council
Council on the House of Representatives Electoral District
Council for Relocation of the Diet and Other Organizations
Statistics Commission
Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board
Public Interest Corporation Commission
Reemployment Surveillance Commission
Retirement Allowance Examination Committee
Consumer Commission
Okinawa Development Council
Council for RegulatoryReform
Tax Commission

Institutions

Economic and Social Research Institute
State Guest House

Special institutions

Office for Promotion of Regional Revitalization
Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Promotion
National Space Policy Secretariat
Northern Territories Affairs Administration
Administration for Children and Child Care
National Ocean Policy Secretariat
Financial Crisis Response Council
Private Fund Utilization Business Promotion Council
Child and Youth Development Support Promotion Headquarters
Declining Birthrate Society Countermeasures Council
Aging Society Measures Council
Central Traffic Safety Measures Council
Crime Victims Promotion Council
Poverty Countermeasures for Children Council
Consumer Policy Council
International Peace Cooperation Headquarters
Science Council of Japan
Public-Private Human Resources Exchange Centre
Nuclear Power Council

Local branch offices

Okinawa General Secretariat (沖縄総合事務局)

External offices

References

^ "primeminister". Archived from the original on 28 March 2014.
^ "再編マップ".
^ "行政改革会議総理府説明資料（6月25日）". Archived from the original on 4 November 1999. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ 瀬戸山順一 (12 May 2015). 内閣官房・内閣府の業務のスリム化 (PDF) (Report). 参議院事務局企画調整室. p. 3. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "The Cabinet Officeʼs Role in the Cabinet" (PDF). cao.go.jp. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

External links

Cabinet Office

[1] "primeminister". Archived from the original on 28 March 2014.

[2] "再編マップ".

[3] "行政改革会議総理府説明資料（6月25日）". Archived from the original on 4 November 1999. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[4] 瀬戸山順一 (12 May 2015). 内閣官房・内閣府の業務のスリム化 (PDF) (Report). 参議院事務局企画調整室. p. 3. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

[5] "The Cabinet Officeʼs Role in the Cabinet" (PDF). cao.go.jp. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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Agency overview
内閣府 Naikaku-fu

Cabinet Office Building
Formed	6 January 2001 (2001-01-06)
Preceding agencies	Prime Minister's Office Economic Planning Agency Okinawa Regional Development Bureau National Land Agency Disaster Prevention Bureau
Jurisdiction	Japan
Headquarters	1-6-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8914, Japan 35°40′23″N 139°44′42″E / 35.673°N 139.745°E / 35.673; 139.745
Annual budget	JP¥3,042,234,260
Agency executives	Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister Hirokazu Matsuno, Minister of State / Chief Cabinet Secretary
Website	cao.go.jp