Note: 藤村 修 Osamu FUJIMURA, Chief Cabinet Secretary 内閣官房長官 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Cabinet_Secretary
("a Minister of State who is responsible for directing the Cabinet Secretariat. The main function of Chief Cabinet Secretary is to coordinate the policies of ministries and agencies in the executive branch. The Chief Cabinet Secretary serves as the government's press secretary * * * The Chief Cabinet Secretary is customarily nominated as the first in line to serve as the Temporal Acting Prime Minister in case the Prime Minister is unable to serve due to death or other grave reasons until a new Prime Minister is appointed. * * * Before and during World War II, the position was known in Japanese as 内閣 書記官 長")