The Foundation and Development of the “<i>Ōgata kanbou</i>” System in the Sato Eisaku Cabinet

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  • 佐藤栄作内閣における「大型官房」の成立と展開

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<p>  This paper aims to clarify how the system of the Chief Cabinet Secretary Shigeru Hori and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Toshio Kimura was established in the Sato Eisaku cabinet and how it functioned.</p><p>  On November 30, 1968, Prime Minister Sato reshuffled his cabinet and made an unusual appointment of Hori, Minister of Construction, as the Chief Cabinet Secretary and Kimura, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary. Minoru Kusuda, who was the Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister, called this system “Ōgata kanbou”. It means the system of two Chief Cabinet Secretaries. Facing the Okinawa Reversion and the University Disputes, Prime Minister Sato tried to overcome these difficulties by strengthening his staff and the Prime Minister’s Office (Kantei). Kimura, in cooperation with Kusuda, had been dealing with the media and brain trust since his term as the Chief Cabinet Secretary. It can be assessed that the “Ōgata kanbou”, which lasted about three years, was one of the factors that contributed to the Sato cabinet becoming a long-term government.</p><p>  This system strengthened Kantei not through institutional reforms but personnel management. This was a way to strengthen Kantei under Single-party Rule.</p>

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