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The following list provides English translations of names of government organizations and positions as of August, 2024. These translations have been prepared by each individual ministry or agency and have not been collectively authorized by the Government of Japan.
The organizations, positions and their translations may no longer be accurate. Please consult the relevant ministry or agency for the current status.
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Prime Minister 内閣総理大臣
Minister of State, Chief Cabinet Secretary 内閣官房長官
Minister of State for Special Missions 特命担当大臣
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation 特命担当大臣（原子力損害賠償・廃炉等支援機構）
Minister of State for the Nuclear Disaster Management 特命担当大臣（原子力防災）
Minister of State for Disaster Management 特命担当大臣（防災）
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs 特命担当大臣（沖縄及び北方対策）
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy 特命担当大臣（科学技術政策）
Minister of State for Space Policy 特命担当大臣（宇宙政策）
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety 特命担当大臣（消費者及び食品安全）
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform 特命担当大臣（規制改革）
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate 特命担当大臣（少子化対策）
Minister of State for Gender Equality 特命担当大臣（男女共同参画）
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy 特命担当大臣（経済財政政策）
Minister of State for Economic Security 特命担当大臣（経済安全保障）
State Minister 副大臣
Parliamentary Vice-Minister 大臣政務官
Vice-Minister 内閣府事務次官
Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination 内閣府審議官
Minister's Secretariat 大臣官房
Director General 大臣官房長
Director General for Evidence-based Policymaking 政策立案総括審議官
Deputy Director General for Cybersecurity and Information Technology Management サイバーセキュリティ・情報化審議官
Deputy Director General 官房審議官（官房担当）
General Affairs Division 総務課
Legal Compliance Office 法令遵守対応室
Office for the MIDORI Academic Prize and the Awarding Ceremony みどりの学術賞及び式典担当室
Counsellor 企画調整官
Personnel Division 人事課
Accounts Division 会計課
New Government Building Project Office 新庁舎整備企画室
Policy Coordination Division 企画調整課
International Affairs Office 国際室
Policy Evaluation and Public Relations Division 政策評価広報課
Press Office 報道室
Records and Archives Management Division 公文書管理課
Public Relations Office 政府広報室
Director of Welfare Office 厚生管理官
Abandoned Chemical Weapons Office 遺棄化学兵器処理担当室
Office for Cybersecurity and Information Technology Management サイバーセキュリティ・情報化推進室
Office for the Assistance of the Abductees and their Family Members 拉致被害者等支援担当室
Office of Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize 野口英世アフリカ賞担当室
Office for the Public Interest Corporation 公益法人行政担当室
Office of Statistics Commission 統計委員会担当室
Office for the Nuclear Emergency Preparedness 原子力災害対策担当室
Director General for Real Estate Surrounding Important Facilities and on Remote Territorial Islands, Cabinet Office 政策統括官（重要土地）
Director General for Economic Security 政策統括官（経済安全保障担当）
Director-General 室長
Director General for Economic and Fiscal Management 政策統括官（経済財政運営担当）
Deputy Director General for Economic and Fiscal Management 官房審議官（経済財政運営担当）
Director for Economic and Fiscal Management 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Economic Policy Planning 参事官（企画担当）
Director for Economic, Fiscal and Monetary Policy 参事官（経済対策・金融担当）
Director for Economic Outlook 参事官（経済見通し担当）
Director for Basic Principles of Budget Formulation 参事官（予算編成基本方針担当）
Director for Industrial and Labor Policy 参事官（産業・雇用担当）
Director for International Economic Affairs 参事官（国際経済担当）
Director for Regional Economy Vitalization Corporation of Japan 参事官　（地域経済活性化支援機構担当）
Office for Government Procurement Challenge System 政府調達苦情処理対策室
Website Office of Economic and Fiscal Management 経済財政ウェブサイト室
Office of Foreign Direct Investment Promotion 対日直接投資推進室
Office of International Economic Affairs 経済財政国際室
Office for Special Zones for Regional Government(doshu-sei) 道州制特区担当室
Office for Regional Economy Vitalization Corporation of Japan 地域経済活性化支援機構担当室
Director General for Economic, Fiscal and Social Structure 政策統括官（経済社会システム担当）
Deputy Director General for Economic, Fiscal and Social Structure 官房審議官（経済社会システム担当）
Director for Economic, Fiscal and Social Structure 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Economic, Fiscal and Social Framework 参事官（企画担当）
Director for Basic Principles on Fiscal Management 参事官（財政運営基本担当）
Director for Social Structure 参事官（社会システム担当）
Director for Infrastructure Planning 参事官（社会基盤担当）
Director for Market Structure 参事官（市場システム担当）
Director for Promoting PFI and PFS 参事官（民間資金等活用事業・成果連動型事業推進担当）
Office for Promotion of Regulatory Reform 規制改革推進室
Director-General 室長
Deputy Director-General 次長
Director 参事官
PPP/PFI Promotion Office 民間資金等活用事業推進室
Director General for PPP/PFI Promotion Office 室長（民間資金等活用事業推進室）
Director for PPP/PFI Promotion Office 参事官（民間資金等活用事業推進室）
PFS Promotion Office 成果連動型事業推進室
Director General for Economic Research 政策統括官（経済財政分析担当）
Deputy Director General for Economic Research 官房審議官（経済財政分析担当）
Director for Macroeconomic Analysis 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Policy Analysis 参事官（企画担当）
Director for Regional Economies 参事官（地域担当）
Director for Overseas Economies 参事官（海外担当）
Office for Promotion of Regional Revitalization 地方創生推進室
Office for Econometric Analysis 計量分析室
Director General for Disaster Management 政策統括官（防災担当）
Deputy Director General for Disaster Management 官房審議官（防災担当）
Director for Disaster Management 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Disaster Response Operations 参事官　（災害緊急事態対処担当）
Director for Disaster Local areas and Training 参事官　（地方・訓練担当）
Director for Research and Planning 参事官　（調査・企画担当）
Director for Disaster Management Plan 参事官　（防災計画担当）
Director for Disaster Preparedness, Public Relations and International Cooperation 参事官　（普及啓発・連携担当）
Director for recovery and reconstruction 参事官　（復旧・復興担当）
Director for Refuge Life 参事官　（避難生活担当）
Director for reconstructing livelihoods of disaster victims 参事官（被災者生活再建担当）
Director for Digital Transformation and Relief Supplies for Disaster Management 参事官（防災デジタル・物資支援担当）
Senior Officer for Disaster Management Telecommunication System 防災情報通信システム官
Officer for Disaster Management Information 防災情報官
Director General for Nuclear Disaster Management 政策統括官（原子力防災担当）
Deputy Director General for Nuclear Disaster Management 官房審議官（原子力防災担当）
Director for Policy Planning 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response 参事官（地域防災担当）
Director for Strategy and International Affairs 参事官（企画・国際担当）
Director for Policy Coordination，Drill and Exercise 参事官（総合調整・訓練担当）
Director General for Okinawa Affairs 政策統括官（沖縄政策担当）
Deputy Director General for Okinawa Affairs 官房審議官（沖縄政策担当）
Director for Okinawa Affairs 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Policy Planning 参事官（企画担当）
Director for Industrial Promotion 参事官（産業振興担当）
Director General for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society 政策統括官（共生・共助担当）
Deputy Director General for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society 官房審議官（共生・共助担当）
Director for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Policy Coordination 参事官（総合調整担当）
Director for Policy to Promote Understanding of Diversity of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 参事官（性的指向・ジェンダーアイデンティティ理解増進担当）
Director for International Youth Exchange 参事官（青年国際交流担当）
Director for Policy on the Aging Society 参事官（高齢社会対策担当）
Director for Policy for Persons with Disabilities 参事官（障害者施策担当）　　
Director for Traffic Safety Policy 参事官（交通安全対策担当）
Director for Financial Services 参事官（金融担当）
Director for Promoting the Society of Mutual Assistance 参事官（共助社会づくり推進担当）
Office for Utilization of Dormant Deposits 休眠預金等活用担当室
Office for the Advancement of Measures to Address Loneliness and Isolation 孤独・孤立対策推進室
Director General for Real Estate Surrounding Important Facilities and on Remote Territorial Islands 政策統括官（重要土地担当）
Deputy Director General for Real Estate Surrounding Important Facilities and on Remote Territorial Islands 官房審議官（重要土地担当）
Director for Real Estate Surrounding Important Facilities and on Remote Territorial Islands 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Defense Facilities 参事官（防衛施設担当）
Director for Remote Territorial Islands 参事官（国境離島等担当）
Director for Facilities Supporting the Public, etc. 参事官（生活関連施設等担当）
Director for Reviews and Analyses 参事官（調査分析担当）
Office for Decentralization Reform 地方分権改革推進室
Office for Policy on Corpse Examination 死因究明等施策推進室
Director-General for Office for Policy on Corpse Examination 死因究明等施策推進室長
Director 参事官
Decoration Bureau 賞勲局
General Affairs Division 総務課
Examination Officer 審査官
Gender Equality Bureau 男女共同参画局
General Affairs Division 総務課
Research Division 調査室
Gender Equality Promotion Division 推進課
Division on Gender-Based Violence 男女間暴力対策課
Okinawa Development and Promotion Bureau 沖縄振興局
General Affairs Division 総務課
Development and Promotion Office 事業振興室
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Project Office 沖縄科学技術大学院大学室
Office for Support of Military Base Reuse 跡地利用推進室
Director for First Development and Promotion 参事官（振興第一担当）
Director for Second Development and Promotion 参事官（振興第二担当）
Director for Third Development and Promotion 参事官（振興第三担当）
Director for Research and Finance 参事官（調査金融担当）
Director for Special Issues 参事官（特定事業担当）
Secretariat of Supervisory Commission for Public-Private and Private-Private Competitive Tenderings 官民競争入札等監理委員会事務局
Food Safety Commission of Japan Secretariat 食品安全委員会事務局
Director-General 事務局長
Deputy Director-General 次長
General Affairs Division 総務課
First Risk Assessment Division 評価第一課
Second Risk Assessment Division 評価第二課
Information, Recommendation and Public Relations Division 情報・勧告広報課
Director for Risk Communication リスクコミュニケーション官
Director for Information Analysis on Risk Assessment 評価情報分析官
Secretariat of Council for Relocation of the Diet and Other Organizations 国会等移転審議会事務局
Secretary General 事務局長
Deputy Secretary General 次長
Secretariat of the Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board 情報公開・個人情報保護審査会事務局
Secretary General 事務局長
General Affairs Division 総務課
Councillor 審査官
Secretariat of the Public Interest Commission 公益認定等委員会事務局
Secretary General 事務局長
Deputy Secretary General 次長
Director 参事官
Deputy Director General for the Consumer Commission 官房審議官（消費者委員会担当）
Secretariat of the Consumer Commission 消費者委員会事務局
Director General 事務局長
Director 参事官
Secretariat of Reemployment Surveillance Commission 再就職等監視委員会事務局
Secretary General 事務局長
Economic and Social Research Institute 経済社会総合研究所
President 所長
Vice President 次長
Executive Research Fellow 総括政策研究官
Department of Administrative Affairs 総務部
Senior Research Fellow 上席主任研究官
Research Fellow 主任研究官
Department of Information and Research Cooperation 情報研究交流部
Department of Business Statistics 景気統計部
Department of National Accounts 国民経済計算部
Research and Coordination Division 企画調査課
National Expenditure Division 国民支出課
National Product Division 国民生産課
Distributive Income Division 分配所得課
National Wealth Division 国民資産課
Price and Quantity Index Division 価格分析課
Regional and Satellite Accounts Division 地域・特定勘定課
Training Institute of Economics 経済研修所
State Guest House 迎賓館
Director General 館長
Deputy Director-General 次長
General Affairs Division 総務課
State Guest Division 接遇課
Public Operations Division 運営課
Kyoto Office 京都事務所
Secretariat for Promotion of Regional Revitalization 地方創生推進事務局
Secretary General 事務局長
Deputy Secretary General 次長
Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 科学技術・イノベーション推進事務局
Secretary General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 科学技術・イノベーション推進事務局長
Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 科学技術・イノベーション推進事務局統括官
Deputy Secretary General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 科学技術・イノベーション推進事務局長補
Deputy Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 科学技術・イノベーション推進事務局審議官
Japan Atomic Energy Commission 原子力委員会
Special Advisor to the Japan Atomic Energy Commission 原子力委員会参与
Director for General Affairs 参事官（総括担当）
Director for Integrated Strategy 参事官（統合戦略担当）
Director for Innovation Promotion Affairs 参事官（イノベーション推進担当）
Director for Research Environment 参事官（研究環境担当）
Director for Education and Human Resources 参事官（教育・人材担当）
Director for University Reform Affairs and Endowment Fund 参事官（大学改革・ファンド担当）
Director for Program Promotion Affairs 参事官（事業推進総括担当）
Director for Future Innovation Research 参事官（未来革新研究推進担当）
Director for Atomic Energy 参事官（原子力担当）
Office for Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) 日本医療研究開発機構担当室
Director-General 室長
Deputy Director-General 次長
Director 参事官
National Healthcare Policy Secretatiat 健康・医療戦略推進事務局
Secretary General 事務局長
Deputy Secretary General 次長
Director 参事官
National Space Policy Secretariat 宇宙開発戦略推進事務局
Director-General 事務局長
Deputy Director-General 審議官
Director 参事官
Northern Territories Affairs Administration 北方対策本部
Administrative Chief(Minister) 本部長
Administrative Deputy Chief 副本部長
Director General 審議官
Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters 国際平和協力本部事務局
Director General 事務局長
Deputy Director General 次長
Secretariat of the Science Council of Japan 日本学術会議事務局
Director-General 事務局長
Deputy Director-General 次長
Planning Division 企画課
Management Division 管理課
Director, Division for Scientific Affairs I 参事官（審議第一担当）
Director, Division for Scientific Affairs II 参事官（審議第二担当）
Director, Division for International Affairs 参事官（国際業務担当）
Center for Personnel Interchanges between the Government and Private Entities 官民人材交流センター
Administrative Chief (Minister) 官民人材交流センター長
Administrative Deputy Chief 官民人材交流副センター長
Director General 審議官
General Affairs Division 総務課
Legal Compliance Office 法令等遵守担当室
Director for Personnel Interchanges 主任調整官
Coordinator for Personnel Interchanges 調整官
Okinawa General Bureau 沖縄総合事務局
Director General 局長
National Archives of Japan 独立行政法人国立公文書館
Northern Territories Issue Association 独立行政法人北方領土問題対策協会
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University 沖縄科学技術大学院大学
Director General 局長
Director 課長
Director 参事官
Director 室長
Counsellor 企画官／調査官
Deputy Director 課長補佐
Deputy Director 参事官補佐
Chief of ** subsection 係長
Official 事務官　
Inspector General for Public Records Management 独立公文書管理監
Information Security Oversight Division 情報保全監察室
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