The is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. Its English name was Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) prior to 2004. It is housed in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office at 2-1-2 Kasumigaseki in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The Ministry oversees the Japanese administrative system, manages local governments, elections, telecommunication, post, and governmental statistics. The is appointed from among the members of the cabinet. History The Ministry was created on January 6, 2001, by the merger of the , the and the Management and Coordination Agency (総務庁). Certain functions of the Management and Coordination Agency were transferred to the Cabinet Office in this process, while many functions of the MPT were transferred to an independent Postal Services Agency which later became Japan Post. Subdivisions The Ministry has the following subdivisions as of July 2011: Bureaus Minister's Secretariat (大臣官房) Director-General of Minister's Secretariat Director-General for Policy Coordination (3) Director-General for Regional Vitalization Director-General for Policy Evaluation Deputy Director-General of Minister's Secretariat (14) Counselor (12) Secretarial Division General Affairs Division Accounts Division Policy Planning Division Policy Evaluation and Public Relations Division Management Office Personnel and Pension Bureau (人事恩給局) Director-General of the Personnel and Pension Bureau Deputy Director-General of Personnel and Pension Bureau General Affairs Division Personnel Policy Division Aged Personnel Policy Division Pension Planning Division Pension Examination Division Pension Execution Division Counselor (5) Administrative Management Bureau (行政管理局) Director-General of the Administrative Management Bureau Planning and Coordination Division Government Information Systems Planning Division Director for Management (8) Administrative Evaluation Bureau (行政評価局) Director-General of the Administrative Evaluation Bureau General Affairs Division Administrative Counseling Division Director for Policy Evaluation Director for Evaluation and Inspection (9) Local Administration Bureau (自治行政局) Director-General of the Local Administration Bureau Local Administration Division Administration Improvement Division Municipal Merger Promotion Division Regional Policy Division Regional Self-support Promotion Division Local Public Service Personnel Department Director-General of the Local Public Service Personnel Department Local Public Service Personnel Division Welfare Division Election Department Director-General of the Election Department Election Division Election Management Division Political Funds Regulation Division Local Public Finance Bureau (自治財政局) Director-General of the Local Public Finance Bureau Local Public Finance Division Local Public Finance Coordination Division Local Allocation Tax Division Local Bond Division Local Public Enterprise Division Financial Management Division Local Tax Bureau (自治税務局) Director-General of the Local Tax Bureau Local Tax Planning Division Prefectural Tax Policy Division Municipal Tax Planning Division Fixed