Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)

The **Ministry of Foreign Affairs** (外務省, *Gaimu-shō*) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Japanese government responsible for the country's foreign relations.

The ministry was established by the second term of the third article of the National Government Organization Act, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Establishment Act. According to the law, its chief is a member of the cabinet, and "its mission is to aim at improvement of the profits of Japan and Japanese nationals, while contributing to maintenance of peaceful and safe international society, and, through an active and eager measure, both to implement good international environment and to keep and develop harmonic foreign relationships".

## Overview

Under the 1947 constitution, the cabinet exercises primary responsibility for the conduct of foreign affairs, subject to the overall supervision of the National Diet. The Prime Minister is required to make periodic reports on foreign relations to the Diet, whose upper and lower houses each have a foreign affairs committee. Each committee reports on its deliberations to plenary sessions of the chamber to which it belongs. Ad hoc committees are formed occasionally to consider special questions. Diet members have the right to raise pertinent policy questions—officially termed interpellations—to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister. Treaties with foreign countries require ratification by the Diet. As head of state, the Emperor performs the ceremonial function of receiving foreign envoys and attesting to foreign treaties ratified by the Diet.

As the chief executive and constitutionally the dominant figure in the political system, the Prime Minister has the final word in major foreign policy decisions. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, a member of the cabinet, acts as the Prime Minister's chief adviser in matters of planning and implementation. The Minister is assisted by two vice ministers: one in charge of administration, who was at the apex of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs structure as its senior career official, and the other in charge of political liaison with the Diet. Other key positions in the ministry include members of the ministry's Secretariat, which has divisions handling consular, emigration, communications, and cultural exchange functions, and the directors of the various regional and functional bureaus in the ministry.

The ministry's staff includes an elite career foreign service corps, recruited on the basis of a competitive examination and thereafter trained by the ministry's Foreign Service Training Institute. The handling of specific foreign policy issues is usually divided between the geographic and functional bureaus to minimize overlap and competition. In general, bilateral issues are assigned to the geographic bureaus, and multilateral problems to the functional bureaus. The Treaties Bureau, with its wide-ranging responsibilities, tend to get involved in the whole spectrum of issues. The Information Analysis, Research, and Planning Bureau engages in comprehensive and coordinated policy investigation and planning.

## The JMFA in the New World

Since Japan got transported to the New World, its operations have become ultra-hard mode along with the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Coast Guard. Moreover, there is a high possibility that many expatriate staff have been lost due to the transfer, and there is a risk of a serious shortage of human resources. They are literally struggling around the New World to form diplomatic relations with many countries and build friendly relations.

After the Japanese-Parpaldian War, envoys from all over the world were rushing to conduct diplomatic relations, and they are also trying to contact the other Superpowers, so it was becoming increasingly difficult.

## Known Members

* Tanaka Kazuhisa - Japanese Ambassador to Qua-Toyne Principality. He is also assigned for the initial peace talks between Japan and GVE Crown Prince Gra Cabal
* Asada Taiji - Known for dealing with hostile countries such as the Parpaldia Empire and Gra Valkas Empire. Lately, he was assigned to the Silkark Kingdom as Japan's ambassador and also, the one dealing with Cryseilis Holy Kingdom.
* Shinohara - Asada's aide
* Kondo Shunsuke - Diplomat assigned to the Annonrial Empire. His earlier assignment was to conduct diplomatic relations with the Holy Milishial Empire
* Inoue - Kondo's aide
* Uda - Japanese Ambassador to Quila Kingdom
* Yanagida - Known for assisting with Princess (now Queen) Lumies
* Nakai - Yanagida's aide. Both him and Yanagida are promising members in the future
* Misono - Diplomat assigned to Mu
* Saeki - Misono's aide
* Arao - Diplomat assigned to the Emor Kingdom
* Kitamura - Diplomat assigned to Calamique Kingdom
* Shimada - Diplomat assigned to Fenn Kingdom
* Shirokawa - Diplomat assigned to Riem Kingdom