noun
Ministry of Finance; Finance Ministry
Government/institutional term, especially as a shortened reference to the former Japanese 大蔵省, now 財務省. Often appears in historical or journalistic contexts.
当時の大蔵は、予算編成で大きな力を持っていた。
At the time, the Ministry of Finance had great power over budget compilation.
大蔵省は2001年に財務省へ改組された。
The Ministry of Finance was reorganized as the Ministry of Finance under its current name in 2001.