Imperial Household Agency

Imperial Household Agency
宮内庁
Kunai-chō

Imperial Household Agency headquarters in the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
Agency overview
Formed1 June 1949 (1949-06-01)
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction Japan
Headquarters1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan
Employees1,072
Annual budget¥11,577,442,000 (FY 2023)
Agency executives
  • Yasuhiko Nishimura, Grand Steward
  • Buichirō Kuroda, Vice-Grand Steward
Parent agencyCabinet Office
Websitewww.kunaicho.go.jp/eindex.html

The Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁, Kunai-chō) (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan. From around the 8th century AD until the Second World War, it was known as the Imperial Household Ministry (宮内省, Kunai-shō).

The Agency is unique among conventional government agencies and ministries in that it does not directly report to the Prime Minister at the cabinet level, nor is it affected by legislation that establishes it as an Independent Administrative Institution.[clarification needed]