通つう産さん相しょう

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Meanings

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noun

Historical title for the head of the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI); replaced by 経済産業大臣 in 2001.

traffic, pass through, avenue

産products, bear, give birth

相inter-, mutual, together

経けい済ざい産さん業ぎょう大だい臣じん
Current title for the minister overseeing trade and industry since the 2001 reorganization; 通産相 is the pre-2001 equivalent.

Abbreviation of 通商産業大臣 (つうしょうさんぎょうだいじん), the formal title for the Minister of International Trade and Industry.