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Appendix B

Internal Organization of the Ministry, Selected Dates, 19251973

1

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, 1925

Minister

Parliamentary vice-minister

Vice-minister

Secretariat (Daijin Kanbo *)

Secretarial Section (Hishokan, Hisho-ka)

Documents Section (Bunsho-ka)

Statistics Section (Tokei-ka*)

Accounting Section (Kaikei-ka)

Commercial Affairs Bureau (Shomu* Kyoku)

Commercial Policy Section (Shosei-ka*)

Trade Section (Boeki-ka*)

¹

Stock Exchange Section (Torihiki-ka)

Insurance Section (Hoken-ka)

²

Industrial Affairs Bureau (Komu* Kyoku)

Industrial Policy Section (Kosei-ka*)

Industrial Enterprises Section (Kogyo-ka*)

Industrial Business Section (Komu-ka*)

Mining Bureau (Kozan* Kyoku)

Mining Policy Section (Kosei-ka)

Mining Enterprises Section (Kogyo-ka)

External Bureaus:

Patent Bureau (Tokkyo Kyoku)

Iron and Steel Works (Seitetsu-jo)

^1.

Changed to bureau, May 3, 1930; to external bureau, July 14, 1937.

^2.

Changed to department (bu), May 27, 1927; to bureau, May 8, 1935.