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Basic Chemical Products Section (Kiso Kagakuhin-ka)

Chemical Products Section (Kagaku Seihin-ka)

Chemical Fertilizer Section (Kagaku Hiryo-ka*)

Alcohol Industry Department (Arukoru* Jigyo* Bu)

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Machinery and Information Industries Bureau (Kikai Joho * Sangyo* Kyoku)

General Affairs Section (Somu-ka*)

International Trade Section (Tsusho-ka*)

Industrial Machinery Section (Sangyo Kikai-ka)

Cast and Forged Products Section (Chutanzohin-ka*)

Electronics Policy Section (Denshi Seisaku-ka)

Data Processing Promotion Section (Joho Shori Shinko-ka*)

Electronics and Electrical Machinery Section (Denshi Kiki Denki-ka)

Automobile Section (Jidosha-ka*)

Weights and Measures Section (Keiryo-ka*)

Aircraft and Ordnance Section (Kokuki* Buki-ka)

Vehicle Section (Sharyo-ka*)

Machinery Credit Insurance Section (Kikai Hoken-ka)

Consumer Goods Industries Bureau (Seikatsu Sangyo Kyoku)

General Affairs Section (Somu-ka)

International Trade Section (Tsusho-ka)

Fiber and Spinning Section (Genryo* Boseki-ka*)

Textile Products Section (Sen'i Seihin-ka)

Paper and Pulp Industry Section (Shigyo-ka*)

Household and Miscellaneous Goods Section (Nichiyohin-ka*)

Recreation and Miscellaneous Goods Section (Bunka Yohin-ka*)

Ceramics and Construction Materials Section (Yogyo* Kenzai-ka)

Housing Industry Section (Jutaku* Sangyo-ka*)

Textile Inspection Administrator (Sen'i Kensa Kanri-kan)

External Bureaus:

Natural Resources and Energy Agency (Shigen Enerugi* Cho*)

Secretariat (Chokan Kanbo*)

Petroleum Department (Sekiyu Bu)

Coal Mining Department (Sekitan Bu)

Public Utilities Department (Koeki* Jigyo* Bu)

Patent Agency (Tokkyo Cho)

Medium and Smaller Enterprises Agency (Chusho* Kigyo* Cho)

Industrial Technology Agency (Kogyo* Gijutsu In)

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Appendix C

The Bureaucratic Careers of Vice-Ministers Sahashi and Imai

1

Sahashi Shigeru

April 1937

Enters MCI as member of class of 1937. Total of 19 in class. Class association named Tokuwa Kai.

4/371/38

Assigned to Industrial Business Section, Industrial Affairs Bureau.

1/3810/41

Army service in China: accounting officer first lieutenant.

10/4111/46

Assigned to the Silk and Wool Section, Textiles Bureau, MCI; Iron and Steel Bureau, MM; Nagoya Munitions Superintendent's Office, MM; Iron and Steel Section, Mining Bureau, MCI (simultaneously chairman, Commerce and Industry Workers' Union).

11/465/47

First section chief appointment: chief, Labor Section, General Affairs Bureau, MCI.

5/4712/48

Chief, Paper Industry Section, Textiles Bureau (on 6/19/47 the section was transferred to the Daily Necessities Bureau).

12/488/51

Chief, Cotton Textiles Section, Textiles Bureau, MCI-MITI.

8/518/52

Chief, General Affairs Department, Sendai MITI Bureau.

8/527/54

Chief, Coal Policy Section, Coal Bureau.

7/546/57

Chief, Secretarial Section, Minister's Secretariat.

6/576/60

Deputy chief, Heavy Industries Bureau.

6/607/61

Chief, Heavy Industries Bureau.

7/617/63

Chief, Enterprises Bureau.

7/6310/64

Director, Patent Agency.

10/644/66

Vice-minister.

4/664/72

Sahashi's ''ronin *" (unemployed samurai) period.

4/72

Chairman of the board, Leisure Development Center, a MITI-sponsored association serving the tourism industry.

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2

Imai Zen'ei

April 1937

Enters MCI as member of class of 1937.

4/379/46

Assigned to Trade Bureau; Temporary Materials Coordination Bureau; Textiles Bureau, MCI-MM.

9/466/47

First section chief appointment: chief, Distribution Section, Coal Agency, MCI.

6/4710/49

Chief, Supply and Demand Section, Production Bureau, Economic Stabilization Board.

10/492/51

Chief, First Import Section, International Trade Bureau, MITI.

2/516/51

Chief, Trade Policy Section, International Trade Bureau.

6/518/52

First secretary, Japanese Embassy, Washington.

8/527/54

Chief, Trade Policy Section, International Trade Bureau.

7/546/56

Chief, General Affairs Section, Minister's Secretariat.

6/568/58

Chief, Promotion Department, Medium and Smaller Enterprises Agency.

8/582/61

Chief, Textiles Bureau.

2/617/62

Chief, International Trade Bureau.