noun
State Minister in Charge of Postal Services Privatization
A specific Japanese government post created during the Koizumi administration to oversee the privatization of Japan Post.
郵政民営化担当大臣は、郵政改革の責任者として国会で答弁した。
The State Minister in Charge of Postal Services Privatization answered questions in the Diet as the person responsible for postal reform.
Refers to the policy of postal privatization itself, while 郵政民営化担当大臣 is the minister in charge of that policy.
Compound of 郵政 (postal administration), 民営化 (privatization), 担当 (in charge), and 大臣 (minister). A title created in the early 2000s for the cabinet minister overseeing Japan Post's privatization.