Administrative Bureau - gyoseikyoku

...Then, in 1949, the Local Autonomy Agency was established, responsible for planning the local government system, excluding police and construction-related matters. In 1952, it was expanded and reorganized as the Autonomy Agency, and in 1960, it absorbed the functions of the National Fire Protection Agency and was elevated to the Ministry of Home Affairs (until then, it was an external bureau of the Prime Minister's Office), which it remains to this day. Its internal organization consists of the Minister's Secretariat, the Administrative Bureau, the Financial Bureau, and the Tax Bureau. The Administrative Bureau is essentially responsible for planning the local government system, and also has jurisdiction over the local civil servant system (including the personnel commission system of local governments, compensation for work-related accidents for local civil servants, mutual aid systems, etc.), the public office election system, and the political fund regulation system. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Administrative Bureau" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…その後1949年警察や建設関係を除き，地方自治制度の企画等を担当する地方自治庁が発足，52年自治庁に拡充改組，60年には国家消防本部の機能を吸収して自治省に昇格して(それまでは総理府の外局)今日に至っている。その内部組織は大臣官房，行政局，財政局，税務局からなっている。行政局は地方自治制度の企画等を実質的に担当するとともに，地方公務員制度(地方公共団体の人事委員会制度や地方公務員の公務災害補償，共済制度等を含む)，公職選挙制度，政治資金規正制度などを所管する。…

※「行政局」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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