 The original Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce was created on 7 April 1881, initially under the Meiji "Daijō-kan" Cabinet, and then under the Meiji Constitution.It combined the Bureaus of Agriculture, Forestry, Natural History and post station maintenance which were formerly directly under the Prime Minister with the Bureau of Commerce formerly under the control of the Ministry of Finance.On 1 April 1925, under Prime Minister Takahashi Korekiyo, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce was divided into the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.