Osaka Prefectural Government

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The main building of the prefecture administration ( Ōsaka-fu-honchōsha , English Osaka Prefectural Government Building , Osaka Prefectural Office Main Building, etc.) in the prefecture capital Osaka, completed in 1926
A planned move of the prefectural administration to the then Osaka World Trade Center Building failed in 2009 in the prefectural parliament. In 2010 the building was bought by the prefecture administration after the operating company's second bankruptcy and is now called Ōsaka-fu Sakishima chōsha (English Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building ).

The Ōsaka Fuchō ( Japanese. 大阪 府 庁 , English. Osaka Prefectural Government ) is the administration of the western Japanese prefecture Osaka (Japanese. Ōsaka-fu , English. Osaka Prefecture ) since 1868. Like all prefectures of Japan , Osaka has been a self-governing regional authority since 1947 Chapter 8 of the post-war constitution , at the head of the administration is the governor elected directly by the people (Japanese chiji , English governor ).

In the 2012 fiscal year, the prefecture employed over 80,000 people: 7,644 in general administration, 51,744 in schools, 23,172 in the police force and 531 in public companies.

Planned reorganization

According to the Ōsaka-to kōsō (" Ōsaka-to -Plan") of the Ōsaka Ishin no Kai , the party to which both the governor and the mayor of the city of Osaka belong, the prefecture of Osaka - previously Ōsaka-fu - should be like the prefecture Tokyo to be converted into a -to (English Metropolis , metropolitan prefecture, etc.); the city of Osaka as well as the other government-designated city of Sakai and other surrounding communities in the prefecture would be dissolved into "special districts" of the Osaka prefecture, and the prefecture administration would receive some previously communal tasks for the area of ​​the "special districts". According to the announced schedule, the referendums on the dissolution of the municipalities in 2014 and the actual dissolution in 2015 would take place. Even if the plan and the national law that makes it possible are often still called Ōsaka-to ... , the law passed in 2012 allows the planned administrative reform, but does not provide for the formal renaming of the prefecture from -fu to -to .

organization

Note: Since neither English nor German is the official language in Japan, all translations given here are unofficial. In the literature, in public authorities and in the German-language Wikipedia, there are sometimes different translations for the same institution. The English translations given here are, if possible, the “official” translations chosen by the prefecture administration itself.

  • The governor elected by the people every four years and the three vice-governors in Osaka report:
    • the Ōsaka-fu-shi daitoshi-kyoku ( 大阪 府 市 大都市 局 , about "Metropolitan Office for the Prefecture and City of Osaka") prepares the union with the administrations of the communities to be dissolved after the to-kōsō . An office of the same name exists in the administration of the city of Osaka.
    • the representative for crisis management ( kiki kanri-kan , 危機 管理 監 )
    • the Department of Policy Planning ( Seisaku-Kakaku-bu , 政策企画部 , Eng. Department of Policy and Planning ) acts as the secretariat for Governor and Lieutenant Governor; it is also responsible for the Kansai International Airport ( Kansai kokusai kūkō , English Kansai International Airport ).
    • the General Affairs Department ( sōmu-bu , 総 務 部 , English General Affairs Department ) is responsible for administrative and personnel matters and financial relations with the communities.
    • the financial affairs department ( zaimu-bu , 財務 部 )
    • the Department for Citizens and Culture ( fumin-bunka-bu , 府 民 文化部 , English Prefectural Culture Department ); In addition to promoting culture, sport and tourism, it is also responsible for the prefectural university.
    • the welfare department ( fukushi-bu , 福祉 部 , English Welfare Department )
    • the Department of Health and Medical Care ( kenkō-iryō-bu , 健康 医療 部 , English Health and Medical Department )
    • the Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor ( shōkō-rōdō-bu , 商 工 労 働 部 , Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor )
    • the Department of Environment, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ( kankyō-nōrinsuisan-bu , 環境 農林 水産 部 )
    • the urban planning department ( toshi-seibi-bu , 都市 整 備 部 )
    • the Housing Management Department ( jūtaku-machizukuri-bu , 住宅 ま ち づ く り 部 , English Housing Management Department )
    • The accounting officer reports directly to the governor ( kaikei-kanrisha , 会計 管理者 )
  • A secretariat ( jimu-kyoku 事務 局 ) is available to the prefecture parliament .
  • As "administrative commissions" ( gyōsei-iinkai ), each with its own secretariat, part of the prefectural administration, but to varying degrees independent in their tasks:
    • the Education Commission ( kyōiku-iinkai ) for school supervision
    • the Electoral Supervision Commission ( Senkyo-Kanri-iinkai ) for the electoral supervision
    • the auditors ( kansa-iin ) to check the prefectural finances
    • the public service personnel commission ( jinji-iinkai )
    • the working committee ( rōdō-iinkai ) for collective bargaining issues and working conditions
    • the Expropriation Commission ( shūyō-iinkai ) for the expropriation of property
    • the kaiku-gyogyō-chōsei-iinkai ( 海区 漁業 調整 委員会 ) to regulate marine fishing
    • the nai-suimen-gyojō-kanri-iinkai ( 内 水面 漁場 管理 委員会 ) for the supervision of inland fisheries
    • the Public Security Commission ( kōan-iinkai ) and its subordinate Prefectural Police

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hashimoto loses fight to move Osaka HQ. In: The Japan Times . March 25, 2009, accessed May 14, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Department for General Affairs, November 30, 2012: 人事行政 の 運 営 等 の 状況 (PDF; 143 kB)
  3. ↑ 橋下 徹 ・ 大阪 市長 ら が 主張 す る 「大阪 都 都」 」は 実 現 し ま す か？ . In: Yomiuri Online . July 20, 2012, archived from the original on July 22, 2012 ; Retrieved May 14, 2013 (Japanese).