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Supreme Decision Making Authority
- Council of State22th December 1885 abolished
  - Central Council of State (Sei-in)
    - Governor-General for Taiwan's Aborigine Territories
    - Bureau of Taiwan Aborigine Affairs
    - Executive Bureau for Managing the Costs of Subjugating the Rebellion22th November 1877 established, 1th August 1878 transfered to Ministry of Finance
  - Legislative Chamber (Sa-in)14th April 1875 abolished, reorganized as Senate
  - Executive Chamber (U-in)14th April 1875 abolished, reorganized as Great Court of Cassation
- Senate14th April 1875 established
- Great Court of Cassation14th April 1875 established
- Prefectural Governors Conference14th April 1875 established

Administration
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  - Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
  - Customs Office
  - Guest House (Enryokan)
  - Charge d'Affaires4th November 1872 abolished
  - Documents Section (Bunsyoshi)
  - Language Education Institute (Yogo Gakujo)
  - Language Education Institute (Kango Gakujo)
  - Staff Section (Syokumuka)26th September 1871 established
  - Staff Section (Kanshoka)26th September 1871 established
  - Documents Section (Kosyoka)26th September 1871 established
  - Records and Research Section26th September 1871 established
  - Port Affairs Section26th September 1871 established
  - General Affairs Section26th September 1871 established
  - Controller Bureau26th December 1872 established
  - Foreign Affairs Bureau (Europe)26th December 1872 established
  - Foreign Affairs Bureau (America and Asia)26th December 1872 established
  - Legal Advisor Bureau26th December 1872 established
  - Translation Bureau26th December 1872 established
  - Coordination Bureau24th June 1874 established
  - Communications Bureau14th January 1875 established
  - General Affairs Bureau26th December 1872 established
  - Legal Review Bureau1th December 1880 established
  - Records Bureau24th June 1874 established
  - Accounts Bureau1th December 1880 established
  - Audit Section1th December 1880 established
- Colonization Commission8th Febrary 1882 >abolished → reorganized as Sapporo Prefecture, Hakodate Prefecture and Nemuro Prefecture
  - Director-General, Colonization Commission
  - Vice Director, Colonization Commission
  - Sapporo Main Office, Colonization Commission
  - Sapporo Agricultural College
  - Hakodate Branch, Colonization Commission
  - Nemuro Branch, Colonization Commission
  - Urakawa Branch, Colonization Commission
  - Soya Branch, Colonization Commission
  - Rumoi Branch, Colonization Commission
  - Karafuto Branch, Colonization CommissionOctorber 1872 established → November 1875 abolished
  - Tokyo Branch, Colonization Commission
  - Colonization Commission Trade and Procurement Office
  - Colonization Commission Liquidation Office10th Febrary 1882 established → November 1882 abolished
- Karafuto Colonization CommissionOctorber 1872 abolished → reorganized as Karafuto Branch, Colonization Commission
- Ministry of Finance
  - Minister of Finance
  - Vice Minister of Finance
  - Deputy Vice Minister of Finance
  - Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
  - Coordination Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Deliberation Bureau19th December 1879 established
  - Secretary Bureau, Ministry of Finance19th December 1879 established
  - Banking Bureau8th May 1880 established
  - Accounts Bureau, Ministry of Finance27th June1881 established
  - Granary Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - General Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Finance4th November 1882 established
  - Statistics Bureau
  - Statistics Board24th September 1871 established
  - Record Board, Ministry of Finance24th September 1871 established
  - Record Bureau, Ministry of Finance11th January 1877 established
  - Repairs and Administration Bureau24th September 1871 established
  - Civil Engineering Board20th November 1871 established → 9th January 1874 transfered to Ministry of Home Affairs
  - Board of Audit24th September 1871 established
  - Seisanshi24th September 1871 established
  - Audit Bureau11th January 1877 established → 5th March 1880 reorganized as Board of Audit
  - Seisankyoku8th March 1880 established
  - Investigation Bureau19th June 1880 established
  - Accounts Bureau
  - Accounts Board24th September 1871 established
  - Accounts Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Family Register Bureau
  - Family Register Board24th November 1871 established → 9th January 1874 transfered to Ministry of Home Affairs
  - Bureau of Communications
  - Board of Communications24th September 1871 established → 9th January 1874 transfered to Ministry of Home Affairs
  - Taxation Board
  - Taxation Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Customs Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Taxation Bureau20th May 1884 established
  - Industrial Promotion Bureau
  - Industrial Promotion Board24th September 1871 established
  - Agricultural Promotion Board7th Octorber 1871 established
  - Mint Board
  - Mint Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Banknote Bureau
  - Banknote Board24th September 1871 established
  - Banknote Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Printing Bureau10th December 1878 established
  - National Bond Board17th July 1873 established
  - National Bond Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Commerce Bureau9th January 1874 transfered from Ministry of Home Affairs → 7th April 1881 transfered to Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce
  - Customs Office/Custom House28th August 1871 transfered from Ministry of Foreign Affairs → 28th November 1872 renamed Custom House
  - Yokosuka Naval Shipyard5th December 1873 transfered from Navy Ministry → 9th January 1874 transfered to Ministry of Home Affairs
  - Land Tax Reform Office24th March 1875 11th January 1877 established, controled by Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Home Affairs
  - Executive Bureau for Managing the Costs of Subjugating the Rebellion1th August 1878 transfered from Council of State → 25th December 1879 abolished
  - National Industrial Promotion Exhibitions Office25th June 1879 established, controled by Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Home Affairs
- Board of Audit5th March 1880 established
- Ministry of Home Affairs10th November 1873 established
  - Minister of Home Affairs
  - Vice Minister of Home Affairs
  - Deputy Vice Minister of Home Affairs
  - Chief Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs
    - Branch Office, Ryukyu Domain
    - Officer in Charge of Ryukyu Settlement
    - Branch Office, Ogasawara Islands10th March 1876 established
    - Hakodate Prefecture8th Febrary 1882 established
    - Sapporo Prefecture8th Febrary 1882 established
    - Nemuro Prefecture8th Febrary 1882 established
  - Board of Police and Public Security
  - Family Register Board
  - Geography Board19th January 1877 established
  - Land Surveyor Section
  - Books Board28th September 1875 established
  - Internal Bureau17th April 1876 established
  - General Affairs Bureau17th April 1876 established, reorganized General Affairs Section
  - Bureau of Police and Public Security2th May 1876 established
  - Family Register Bureau2th May 1876 established
  - Geography Bureau19th January 1877 established
  - Books Bureau17th April 1876 established
  - Police Bureau19th January 1877 established
  - Review Bureau2th September 1878 established
  - Prison Bureau14th July 1879 established
  - Hygiene Bureau17th July 1875 established
  - Museums Bureau2th May 1876 established → 7th April 1881 transfered to Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce
  - Shrines and Temples Bureau19th January 1877 transfered from Ministry of Religious Education
  - Industrial Promotion Board
  - Commercial Promotion Bureau16th May 1876 established → 28th December 1878 transfered to Ministry of Finance
  - Agricultural Promotion Bureau19th January 1877 established → 7th April 1881 transfered to Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce
  - Board of Communications
  - Bureau of Communications19th January 1877 established → 7th April 1881 transfered to Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce
  - Civil Engineering Board
  - Civil Engineering Bureau19th January 1877 established
  - Forestry Bureau16th May 1879 established →
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs25th June 1885 established
  - General Affairs Bureau25th June 1885 established
  - Prefectural Administration Bureau25th June 1885 established
  - Registration Law Review Section4th August 1881 established
  - Registration Law Review Bureau20th November 1882 established
  - Oil Testing Bureau1th July 1882 established
- Ministry of Justice
  - Law School, Ministry of Justice
- Army Ministry5th April 1872 established
  - Construction Corps DistrictNovember 1874 established
  - Army Ad Hoc Construction Office/Tokyo Bay Army Ad Hoc Construction OfficeOctorber 1882 established
- Navy Ministry5th April 1872 established
  - Shipbuilding Bureau13th November 1872 reorganized as Ships Board
  - Ships Board13th November 1872 established → 31th August 1876 reorganized as Ships Bureau
  - Ships Bureau31th August 1876 established
  - Hydrographical Board13th November 1872 established → 31th August 1876 reorganized as Hydrographical Bureau
  - Hydrographical Bureau31th August 1876 established
- Ministry of Education
  - Minister of Education
  - Vice Minister of Education
  - Record Section14th September 1871 established
  - Document Bureau5th March 1873 established
  - Academic Affairs SectionJanuary 1872 reorganized Kyoshi Section
  - Academic Affairs Bureau8th November 1872 established
  - Higher Education Affairs Bureau24th Octorber 1881 established
  - General Education Affairs Bureau24th Octorber 1881 established
- Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce7th April 1881 established
  - Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
  - Vice Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
  - Deputy Vice Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
  - Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce
  - Secretary Bureau
  - General Affairs Bureau19th November 1881 established
  - Agricultural Affairs Bureau
    - Agricultural Experimental Farm
  - Commerce Bureau7th April 1882 transfered to Vessel Bureau
  - Vessel Bureau7th April 1882 established
  - Engineering Bureau
  - Forestry Bureau
  - Fisheries BureauFebrary 1885 established
  - Geological Bureau22th December 1885 established
  - Bureau of Communications22th December 1885 transfered to Ministry of Postal and Telecommunications
  - Museums Bureau
  - Accounts Bureau
  - Hokkaido Enterprise Administration Bureau29th January 1883 established
- Ministry of Industry22th December 1885 abolished
  - Minister of Industry
    - Imperial College of Engineering
    - Engineering College of Fine Arts, Ministry of Engineering
  - Vice Minister of Industry
  - Deputy Vice Minister of Industry
  - Chief EngineerMarch 1879 established
  - Document Bureau
  - General Affairs Bureau1th July 1876 established
  - Secretary Bureau5th Octorber 1876 established
  - Record Bureau29th March 1875 established
  - Accounts Bureau
  - Technical Bureau8th April 1873 established
  - Warehouse Bureau5th Octorber 1876 established
  - Procurement Section7th March 1882 established
  - Statistics Section27th September 1882 established
  - General Affairs Bureau22th September 1883 established
  - Mining Section
  - Mining Board28th September 1871 established
  - Mining Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Ironworks Section
  - Ironworks Board28th September 1871 established
  - Lighthouse Subsection28th September 1871 reorganized as Lighthouse Board
  - Lighthouse Bureau28th September 1871 established → 11th January 1877 reorganized as Lighthouse Bureau
  - Lighthouse Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Railway Section
  - Railway Board28th September 1871 established
  - Railway Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Telegraph Section
  - Telegraphy Board28th September 1871 established
  - Telegraphy Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Civil Engineering Board11th September 1871 established
  - Civil Engineering Board28th September 1871 established
  - Manufacturing Board28th September 1871 established
  - Engineering Board28th September 1871 established
    - Engineering Education Institute
  - Engineering Bureau11th January 1877 established
  - Engineering Promotion Bureau28th September 1871 established
  - Shipbuilding Board28th September 1871 established
  - Land Surveyor Section28th September 1871 established
  - Repairs and Administration Board25th November 1875 established
  - Repairs and Administration Bureau28th June 1875 established
  - Repairs and Administration Section21th Febrary 1883 established