Links

Ministries and Agencies of Japan [see "English page"]

Name of Ministry	URL
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan	http://www.cao.go.jp/
Imperial Household Agency	http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/
National Public Safety Commission	http://www.npsc.go.jp/
National Police Agency	http://www.npa.go.jp/
Japan Defense Agency	http://www.jda.go.jp/
Financial Services Agency	http://www.fsa.go.jp/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	http://www.soumu.go.jp/
Ministry of Justice	http://www.moj.go.jp/
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/
Ministry of Finance	http://www.mof.go.jp/
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	http://www.mext.go.jp/
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare	http://www.mhlw.go.jp/
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan	http://www.maff.go.jp/
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	http://www.meti.go.jp/
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism	http://www.mlit.go.jp/
Ministry of the Environment	http://www.env.go.jp/

Policy Paper / Statistics / Other Data

Name of Organization	URL
Contents
Cabinet Secretariat	http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/?re=02
Japanese Law Translation
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan	http://www.cao.go.jp/en/laws.html
Laws
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_seisaku/hakusyo/index.html
White Paper on Local Public Finance
Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.htm
Social Statistics and Statistical Compendia
Ministry of Justice	http://hakusyo1.moj.go.jp/en/nendo_nfm.html
White Paper on Crime
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/index.html
Foreign Policy Overview
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/index.html
ODA Papers
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/index.html
Regional Affairs
Ministry of Finance	http://www.mof.go.jp/english/
Policy Papers of Ministry of Finance
Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance	http://www.mof.go.jp/english/pri/reference/index.htm
Statistics on Finance
Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance	http://www.mof.go.jp/english/pri/research/discussion_paper/index.htm
Reports and Papers
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	http://www.mext.go.jp/english/a04.htm
Policy Papers
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	http://www.mext.go.jp/english/statistics/index.htm
Statistics on Education
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	http://www.mext.go.jp/english/whitepaper/index.htm
White Paper on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Institute for Educational Policy Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	http://www.nier.go.jp/English/research/index.html
Research Paper on Education Policy
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare	http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/database/index.html
Statistics on Health, Labour and Welfare
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare	http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/wp/index.html
White Paper and Reports on Health, Labour and Welfare
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	http://www.meti.go.jp/english/statistics/index.html
Statistics on Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	http://www.meti.go.jp/english/report/index.html
White Paper and Report on Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism	http://www.mlit.go.jp/toukeijouhou/chojou/stat-e.htm
Data of the Current Survey on Construction Statistics
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism	http://www.mlit.go.jp/english/white-paper/mlit-index.html
White Paper and Report on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Ministry of the Environment	http://www.env.go.jp/en/laws/
Law and Policy on Environment
Ministry of the Environment	http://www.env.go.jp/en/statistics/
Statistics on Environmental Policy
Ministry of the Environment	http://www.env.go.jp/en/wpaper/
White Paper on Environment

Other Information on Governance Studies

Name of Organization	URL
Council of Local Authorities for International Relations	http://www.clair.or.jp/e/index.html
Japan Intercultural Academy of Municipalities	http://www.jiam.jp/english/index.html
Local Autonomy College, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	http://www.soumu.go.jp/english/iaoo.html
Tokyo Metropolitan Government	http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/index.htm
National Governors' Association	http://www.nga.gr.jp/english/index.html
United Cities and Local Governments	http://www.cities-localgovernments.org/
United Cities and Local Governments Regional Sections	http://www.cities-localgovernments.org/sections.asp
Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham	http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/index.aspx