Chronological Table (Organaization change list) | Japan's Wartime and Postwar Periods Recorded

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Sino-Japanese War
Period
(From 1937 to 1939)
Asia-Pacific War
Period 1
(From 1940 to 1942)
Asia-Pacific War
Period 2
(From 1943 to 1944)
End of the War
Period
(15th August 1945)
Post War Period 1
(From 15th August 1945
to 1946)
Post War Period 2

(From 1947)

Supreme Decision Making Authority
- Privy Council
- The Supreme War Council22nd August 1945 abolished, transfer to End-of-War Administration Conference
- End-of-War Administration Conference5th October 1945 abolished

Governmental Organization
- Cabinet
  - Prime Minister
    - Postwar Administration Council26th October 1945 abolished
    - War Damage Reconstruction Board
    - Committee for Stabilization of Commodity Prices
    - Postal and Telecommunications Board1st July 1946 transfer to Ministry of Postal and Telecommunications
    - Technical Institution5th September 1945 abolished
    - Committee for Control of Transportation
  - Cabinet Secretary
    - Cabinet Investigation Bureau22nd November 1945 transfer to Cabinet Councilors' Office
    - Cabinet Councilors' Office
    - Administrative Inspector29th September 1945 abolished
  - Cabinet Legislation Bureau
  - General Planning Bureau31st August 1945 abolished, transfer to Cabinet Investigation Bureau
  - Greater East Asia Construction Council26th October 1945 abolished
- Ministry of Home Affairs31st December 1947 abolished
  - Minister of Home Affairs
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs
  - Bureau of Police and Public Security
  - Local Superintendent General6th November 1945 abolished
  - Bureau of Local Administration
  - National Land Bureau
  - Investigation Department
  - Investigation Bureau
  - Air Defense Headqurters31st August 1945 abolished
  - Administrative Bureau17th January 1946 abolished, transfer to Administrative Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  - Shinto Affairs Board15th December 1945 abolished
- Ministry of Commerce and Industries
  - Minister of Commerce and Industries
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Commerce and Industries
  - General Affairs Bureau
  - Engineering BureauNovember 1946 abolished, transfer to Chemistry Bureau, Machinery Bureau
  - Mining Bureau
  - Fuel Bureau14th December 1945 abolished, transfer to Engineering Bureau, Mining Bureau, Coal Agency
  - Coal Bureau14th December 1945 abolished, transfer to Coal Agency
  - Coal Agency
  - Foreign Trade Agency
  - Electric Power Bureau
  - Commerce BureauNovember 1946 abolished, transfer to General Affairs Bureau
  - Textile Bureau
  - Patent and Standards Bureau
  - Reparations Bureau
  - Industrial Reconstruction Bureau
  - Liquidation Department8th November 1946 abolished, transfer to Reparations Bureau
  - Liaison Department18th November 1946 abolished, transfer to General Affairs Bureau
- Agency for Commodity Prices
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
  - Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
  - General Affairs Bureau
  - Food Control Bureau
  - Agricultural Policy Bureau
  - Personnel Bureau26th October 1945 abolished
  - Materials Bureau26th October 1945 abolished
  - Fisheries Bureau
  - Forestry Bureau
  - Horse Administration Bureau25th October 1945 abolished
  - Foodstuff Bureau
  - Silk Industry Bureau
  - Cultivation Bureau
  - Livestock Industry Bureau
- Ministry of Finance
  - Minister of Finance
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
  - Budget Bureau
  - Taxation Bureau
  - National Savings Bureau2nd February 1946 abolished, transfer to Financial Bureau, Banking Bureau
  - Department for Commodity Prices
  - Financial Bureau
  - National Property Department
  - Financial Control Bureau2nd February 1946 abolished, transfer to Financial Bureau, Banking Bureau
  - Banking Bureau
  - Japanese Overseas Capital Bureau2nd February 1946 abolished, transfer to Financial Bureau, Banking Bureau
  - Special Finance Department1947 abolished, transfer to Administrative Bureau
  - Administration of Property Bureau
  - Regional Finance Department1st June 1949 abolished
  - Mint Bureau
  - Monopoly Bureau16th January 1946 abolished
  - Task Force for Management of Post War Currency
  - Committee for Liquidating Closed Institutions
  - Committee for Coordinating Liquidation of Securities
- 1st Ministry of DemobilizationSee the JACAR Glossary, "Post-World War Two: Demobilization and Repatriation"
- 2nd Ministry of DemobilizationSee the JACAR Glossary, "Post-World War Two: Demobilization and Repatriation"
- Ministry of Postal and Telecommunications
- Ministry of Transport
  - Minister of Transport
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Transport
  - Bureau of AviationDecember 1945 abolished
  - Marine Transport General Bureau
  - Harbor Facilities Bureau
  - Automobile BureauFebruary 1946 abolished, transfer to Land Transport Administration Bureau
  - Land Transport Administration Bureau
  - Planning BureauFebruary 1946 abolished
  - Railways General Bureau
  - Meteorological Observatory
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  - Minister of Foreign Affairs
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  - Liaison Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  - Research Bureau
  - Political Affairs Bureau1st February 1946 abolished, transfer to General Affairs Bureau
  - Wartime Economic Bureau26th August 1945 abolished, transfer to Economic Bureau
  - Economic Bureau1st February 1946 abolished, transfer to General Affairs Bureau
  - Treaties and Conventions Bureau
  - Administrative Bureau
- Ministry of Welfare
  - Minister of Public Welfare
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Welfare
  - Medical Bureau
  - Prevention Bureau
  - Public Health Bureau
  - Social Bureau
  - Service Bureau
  - Labor Union Supervision Bureau
  - National Health Bureau8th February 1946 abolished, transfer to Hygiene Bureau, Social Bureau
  - Hygiene Bureau5th November 1946 abolished, transfer to Medical Bureau
  - Military Relief Board1st December 1945 abolished
  - Insurance Bureau
  - Interim Bureau for Infectious Disease Prevention13th March 1946 abolished
- Ministry of Education
  - Minister of Education
  - Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Education
  - Patriotic Education BureauOctober 1945 abolished
  - Student Mobilization Bureau4th September 1945 abolished

Specially Designated Bank
- Bank of Japan
- Industrial Bank of Japan

Specially Designated Corporation
- Wartime Financial Corporation30th September 1945 abolished
- Southeast Asia Development Bank30th September 1945 abolished
- Co-Financing Bank
- Capital Unification Bank

Organizations or Committees