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New Documents Released (National Archives of Japan) March 18, 2026

New Documents Released (National Archives of Japan)

【Online Publication Date】March 18, 2026

【Document Summary】

Organization:

National Archives of Japan

Series Title:

Shokan Shintai/Kanri Shintai: Appointment and Resignation of Government and Official Posts / Reference materials for Diet deliberation / Reparations Documents/ Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce: Agriculture and Forestry Administration – Documents of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Records of the Cabinet Meetings, Meetings of the Administrative Vice-Ministers, and Other Meetings of Officials / Records of Deliberations on Bills and Proposed Ordinances

【Hierarchy】

• National Archives of Japan > Records concerning Dajokan/Cabinet > Shokan Shintai/Kanri Shintai: Appointment and Resignation of Government and Official Posts
  →Two hundred eighty volumes (10,261 items) of documents concerning the appointment and dismissal of government officials, as well as the conferment of court ranks and decorations, compiled by year and by government ministry or agency, have been newly released.
• National Archives of Japan > Records related to Financial History > Records of Financial History > Reference materials for Diet deliberation
  →Statistical data, anticipated Q&A for discussions of legislation, and other reference materials prepared for government explanations at the Imperial Diet from 1890 to 1947, covering the 80th through the 92nd sessions and totaling one hundred sixty volumes (Reference codes beginning with A2509xxxxxxx; one hundred sixty items), have been newly released.
• National Archives of Japan > Records related to Financial History > Records of Financial History > Reparations Documents
  →Materials relating to Post-World War I–era German reparations, totaling forty‑eight volumes (Reference codes beginning with A2507xxxxxxx; forty‑eight items), have been newly released.
• National Archives of Japan > Related to Economy and Industry > Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce: Agriculture and Forestry Administration – Documents of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  →Documents concerning the enactment, amendment, and repeal of laws and regulations (including Cabinet deliberation papers), as well as materials related to the enactment, revision, and promulgation of various rules and notices, covering 1948 to 1952 and totaling forty‑four volumes (Reference codes beginning with A2505xxxxxxx; eight hundred nineteen items), have been newly released.
• National Archives of Japan > Cabinet Secretariat > Cabinet Affairs Office > Records of the Cabinet Meetings, Meetings of the Administrative Vice-Ministers, and Other Meetings of Officials
  →Materials for Cabinet meetings and Administrative Vice‑Ministers’ meetings, bound in chronological order by meeting date, consisting of one hundred volumes (Reference codes beginning with A2512xxxxxxx; 1,740 items) for 1964, have been newly released.
• National Archives of Japan > Cabinet Legislation Bureau > Records of Deliberations on Bills and Proposed Ordinances
  →Materials kept on hand by counsellors of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau at the time (as reference for their duties), organized and preserved afterward, covering 1960 to 1962 and totaling three hundred eighty‑six volumes (Reference codes beginning with A2512xxxxxxx; 1,805 items), have been newly released.