Ministry of Finance, Monopoly Bureau

…As of March 1983, the company's capital was 23,259,790,000 yen. Its predecessor was the Monopoly Bureau (Ministry of Finance Monopoly Bureau), which was established in the Ministry of Finance in 1898 following the promulgation of the Leaf Tobacco Monopoly Bureau Official Regulations in 1897, and it inherited part of its assets. It was supervised by the Minister of Finance, and the Monopoly Business Council was established in the Ministry of Finance as an advisory body for the operation of the corporation's business. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Ministry of Finance Monopoly Bureau" is listed below.

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…83年3月当時，資本金232億5979万円。前身は1897年の葉煙草専売所官制公布により，98年に大蔵省に設置された専売局(大蔵省専売局)で，その資産の一部を継承していた。大蔵大臣が監督し，同公社の業務運営に関する諮問機関として専売事業審議会が大蔵省に置かれていた。…

※「大蔵省専売局」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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