Fonds/Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Hierarchy
- Title
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Level of Description
- fonds
- Creator
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Administrative / Biographical History
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Commercial Affairs was established in April 1881. In April 1925, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commercial Affairs was abolished and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce were established. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was abolished in November 1943 and the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce was formed. In August 1945, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce was then abolished in August 1945 and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was restarted. It became the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in July 1978. After the restructuring of the central government ministries and agencies of January 2001, it remains as the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.Since then, in spite of the central government's overall administrative reform in January 2001, the Ministry's name has survived unchanged until today.The Food Agency was abolished on July 1, 2003.Also, the General Food Policy Bureau was abolished and instead the Food Industry Affairs Bureau was newly established on September 1, 2011.
- Source of Transfer or Acquisition
- Transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Food Agency, Forestry Agency, Fisheries Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1972 sequentially
- Scope and Content
- In addition to documents related to agriculture and forestry administration under the Ministry of Agriculture and Commercial Affairs, materials in this unit include documents created by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (1925-1943), Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (1945-1978), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
- System of Arrangement
- Public records transferred before Fiscal Year 2000 and after FY 2001 form different record groups.Records transferred before FY 2000 exclusive of veterinarian license matters form a group labeled agriculture and forestry-related administrative documents. Many of the items are bound according to transferor department, covering multiple fiscal years.
- Publication Note
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry ed., "Commerce and Industry Policies History" vol. 3, Commerce and Industry Policies History Publications Council, 1962|br|"Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 100 Years' History" Compilation Committee ed., "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 100 Years' History" additional volumes of material ed., "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 100 Years' History" Publication Council, 1981<a href="http://www.archives.go.jp/publication/kita/pdf/kita44_p087.pdf" target="_blank">Komiyama, Toshikazu. "Features of Document Management and Transferred Documents of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries." Kitanomaru (The Journal of the National Archives of Japan) 44 (2012): 87-108. </a>
https://www.digital.archives.go.jp/fonds/en/3594841
[Fonds/Series] "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries", National Archives of Japan Digital Archive, https://www.digital.archives.go.jp/fonds/en/3594841（accessed 2026-05-13）
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