Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan

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Japanese government ministry central government ministry

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan is a central government ministry responsible for overseeing administrative affairs, local governance, public management, and telecommunications policy in Japan.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan canonical	10
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	5
Home Ministry of Japan	4
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan)	4
Japanese Ministry of Home Affairs	1
Ministry of Communications (Japan)	1
Ministry of Home Affairs of Japan	1
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan	1
regulated by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	1
内務省	1
総務省	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1077745 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
Context triple: [ARIB, collaboratesWith, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan]

A. Cabinet Office of Japan
The Cabinet Office of Japan is a central government body that supports the Prime Minister and Cabinet in coordinating national policy, crisis management, and key administrative functions.
B. Ministry of Justice of Japan
The Ministry of Justice of Japan is the national government ministry responsible for the country’s legal system, including judicial administration, public prosecution, correctional services, and immigration control.
C. Prime Minister's Office of Japan
The Prime Minister's Office of Japan is the central executive government building in Tokyo that houses the offices and support staff of Japan’s prime minister and cabinet leadership.
D. Government of Japan
The Government of Japan is the central governing authority of Japan, responsible for national administration, legislation, and policy-making under a constitutional monarchy.
E. Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan is a cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s internal administration, local governments, communications policy, and information technology strategy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
Target entity description: The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan is a central government ministry responsible for overseeing administrative affairs, local governance, public management, and telecommunications policy in Japan.

A. Cabinet Office of Japan
The Cabinet Office of Japan is a central government body that supports the Prime Minister and Cabinet in coordinating national policy, crisis management, and key administrative functions.
B. Ministry of Justice of Japan
The Ministry of Justice of Japan is the national government ministry responsible for the country’s legal system, including judicial administration, public prosecution, correctional services, and immigration control.
C. Prime Minister's Office of Japan
The Prime Minister's Office of Japan is the central executive government building in Tokyo that houses the offices and support staff of Japan’s prime minister and cabinet leadership.
D. Government of Japan
The Government of Japan is the central governing authority of Japan, responsible for national administration, legislation, and policy-making under a constitutional monarchy.
E. Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan is a cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s internal administration, local governments, communications policy, and information technology strategy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese government ministry ⓘ central government ministry ⓘ
abbreviation	MIC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Soumu-sho ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
dateFormed	2001-01-06 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Management and Coordination Agency of Japan ⓘ Ministry of Home Affairs of Japan ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
hasDivision	Administrative Management Bureau ⓘ Global ICT Strategy Bureau ⓘ Information and Communications Bureau ⓘ linked to: Information and Communications Bureau of the National Police Agency of Japan Local Administration Bureau ⓘ Local Public Finance Bureau ⓘ Telecommunications Bureau ⓘ
hasExternalAgency	Fire and Disaster Management Agency ⓘ Japan Post (before its privatization) ⓘ linked to: Japan Post National Institute of Information and Communications Technology ⓘ Statistics Bureau of Japan ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.soumu.go.jp/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Japan ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Central Government Reform of 2001 in Japan ⓘ linked to: National Government Organization Act of Japan
locatedInTimeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
nativeName	総務省 ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
oversees	broadcast licensing in Japan ⓘ broadcasting administration in Japan ⓘ electromagnetic spectrum allocation in Japan ⓘ local governments in Japan ⓘ national statistics administration in Japan ⓘ radio spectrum management in Japan ⓘ telecommunications carriers in Japan ⓘ telecommunications regulation in Japan ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
responsibleFor	administrative affairs ⓘ information and communications policy ⓘ local autonomy system ⓘ local governance ⓘ local public finance ⓘ postal services policy ⓘ public management ⓘ telecommunications policy ⓘ
shortName	MIC ⓘ Soumu-sho ⓘ
typeOfMinistry	communications ministry ⓘ internal affairs ministry ⓘ

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