Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省 Sōmushō?) is one of cabinet-level ministries in the government of Japan. The English name Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) was used prior to 2004.
The Ministry covers improvement on Japanese administrative organization and civil servant system, management of local governments, elections, telecommunication, posts, governmental statistics and all concerning national basic system.
The Ministry was created on January 6, 2001 by the merger of the Ministry of Home Affairs (自治省), the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT, 郵政省) and the Management and Coordination Agency (総務庁).
The current Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣) is the Cabinet member in charge. Yoshihide Suga, who succeeded Heizo Takenaka on September 26, 2006, is currently at the post.
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