Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan)

{{Short description|Government ministry of Japan, 1960–2001}}

{{Distinguish|Home Ministry (Japan)}}

{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}

{{Infobox Government agency

| agency_name = Ministry of Home Affairs

| nativename = 自治省

| nativename_a =

| nativename_r = Jichi-shō

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| image = 旧中央合同庁舎第二号館.gif

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| image_caption = Former Central Joint Building No. 2 where the Ministry was located

| formed = {{Start_date|1960|07|01}}

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| preceding1 = Home Ministry

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| dissolved = {{end_date|2001|01|05}}

| superseding1 = Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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| jurisdiction = {{JPN}}

| headquarters = Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

| parent_agency = Government of Japan

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| website = [https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.mha.go.jp:80/eng/index.html http://www.mha.go.jp:80/eng/index.html]

| footnotes =

| region_code = JP

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The {{Nihongo|Ministry of Home Affairs|自治省|Jichishō}} was a ministry in the Japanese government that existed from July 1, 1960, to January 5, 2001, and is now part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The head of the ministry was a member of the Cabinet of Japan.