Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Japan)


The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was one of the ministries in the Japanese government. Ministry was resulted as merger of Ministry of Posts and Ministry of Telecommunications on 1 August 1982, which were superseding
The ministry introduced the POSIVA system for giving aid to foreign countries in January 1991.
In January 2001, the ministry was merged with other ministries to form the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The Postal Services Agency, under the new ministry, continued the POSIVA program.