Machinery and Information Industry Bureau

...The Environment and Location Bureau is responsible for location policy and guidance for factory location, industrial water, environmental conservation and industrial pollution prevention, recycling promotion, mine safety, and safety measures for high-pressure gas. There are three bureaus by material: the Basic Industries Bureau, which is responsible for the steel, nonferrous metals, and chemical industries; the Machinery and Information Industries Bureau, which is responsible for knowledge-intensive industries such as the machinery, information, and electronics industries, and the space industry; and the Living Industries Bureau, which is responsible for textiles, daily necessities, ceramic building materials, and housing industries. There are three external bureaus: the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, which is responsible for resource administration and energy administration, including petroleum, coal, atomic energy, electricity, and gas; the Japan Patent Office, which is responsible for affairs related to industrial property rights such as patents, utility models, designs, and trademarks; and the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, which is responsible for small and medium-sized enterprises in each industrial field as a whole, and is responsible for their modernization, rationalization, and organization, as well as small and medium-sized enterprise-related finance and taxation. ...

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…環境立地局は立地政策と工場立地指導，工業用水，環境保全と産業公害防止，リサイクル推進，鉱山保安，高圧ガス等の安全対策を担当している。物資別局としては，鉄鋼･非鉄･化学工業等を担当する基礎産業局，機械工業や情報産業，電子工業等の知識集約産業，宇宙産業等を担当する機械情報産業局，繊維･生活用品，窯業建材，住宅産業等を担当する生活産業局の3局がある。外局としては，石油，石炭，原子力，電力，ガス等資源行政，エネルギー行政を一体的に担当する資源エネルギー庁，特許，実用新案，意匠，商標等工業所有権に関する事務を担当する特許庁，各産業分野の中小企業を全体として担当し，その近代化，合理化，組織化や中小企業関係の金融･税制等中小企業行政全般に責任をもつ中小企業庁の三つがある。…

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