METI

This article is about the Japanese Ministry of Economy. See also: Meti or Me-Ti .

METI headquarters in Kasumigaseki , Chiyoda , Tokyo

The Keizai-sangyō-shō ( Japanese 経 済 産業 省 , German "Ministry of Economy and Industry"; English Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry , German "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry", short METI ) is one the ministries of the Japanese central government . It emerged in 2001 as part of the reform of the central government from a merger of the MITI with the Economic Planning Office ( 経 済 企 画 庁 , Keizai-kikaku-chō ) and departments of other ministries. The current minister is Hiroshige Sekō.　

As independent authorities ( gaikyoku = "external offices"), the METI is assigned the authority for raw materials and energy , which is also subject to nuclear supervision, the patent office and the authority for small and medium-sized enterprises .

Minister ( 経 済 産業 大臣 , keizai-sangyō-daijin )

#	Surname	Kanji	cabinet	Taking office	Political party
01	Takeo Hiranuma	平沼 赳 夫	Mori II (reshuffle)	0Jan. 6, 2001	Liberal Democratic Party
02			Koizumi I Koizumi I (1st transformation)	Apr 26, 2001
03	Shōichi Nakagawa	中 川 昭 一	Koizumi I (2nd transformation)	22 Sep 2003
04th			Koizumi II Koizumi II (transformation)	Nov 19, 2003
05			Koizumi III	21 Sep 2005
06th	Toshihiro Nikai	二階 俊 博	Koizumi III (transformation)	Oct 31, 2005
07th	Akira Amari	甘 利 明	Abe I Abe I (transformation)	26 Sep 2006
08th			Fukuda	26 Sep 2007
09	Toshihiro Nikai	二階 俊 博	Fukuda (reshuffle)	0Aug 2, 2008
10			Asō	Sep 24 2008
11	Masayuki Naoshima	直 嶋 正 行	Hatoyama	16 Sep 2009	Democratic Party
12			Can	0June 8, 2010
13	Akihiro Ōhata	大 畠 章 宏	Kan (1st transformation)	17 Sep 2010
14th	Banri Kaieda	海 江 田 万里	Kan (2nd transformation)	Jan. 14, 2011
15th	Yoshio Hachiro	鉢 呂 吉雄	Cabinet Noda	0Sep 2 2011
-	Osamu Fujimura (acting)	藤 村 修		Sep 11 2011
16	Yukio Edano	枝 野 幸 男	Cabinet Noda Noda (1st transformation) Noda (2nd transformation) Noda (3rd transformation)	Sep 12 2011
17th	Toshimitsu Motegi	茂木 敏 充	Abe II	Dec 26, 2012	Liberal Democratic Party
18th	Yūko Obuchi	小 渕 優 子	Abe II (reshuffle)	03rd Sep 2014
-	Sanae Takaichi (acting)	高市 早苗		Oct 20, 2014
19th	Yōichi Miyazawa	宮 澤 洋 一		Oct 21, 2014
20th			Abe III	Dec 24, 2014
21st	Motoo Hayashi	林 幹 雄	Abe III (1st transformation)	0Oct 7, 2015
22nd	Hiroshige Seko	世 耕 弘 成	Abe III (2nd transformation) Abe III (3rd transformation)	0Aug 3, 2016
23			Abe IV Abe IV (1st transformation)	0Nov 1, 2017
24	Isshu Sugawara	菅原 一 秀	Abe IV (2nd transformation)	Sep 11 2019
25th	Hiroshi Kajiyama	梶 山 弘志		Oct 25, 2019

Web links

Commons : METI  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Japanese and English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://japan.kantei.go.jp/98_abe/meibo/daijin/index_e.html

Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 19.6 ″  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 3.2 ″  E