首 相 官 邸(しゅしょうかんてい)

しゅしょうかんてい

noun

prime minister's office; the Kantei

1. prime minister's official office; the Kantei

The building in Tokyo that houses the prime minister's working offices and crisis-management centre. Like "the White House" in English, it is regularly used as shorthand for the prime minister and his immediate staff.

首相官邸(しゅしょうかんてい)で会見(かいけん)が開(ひら)かれた。

A press conference was held at the prime minister's office.

記者(きしゃ)たちが首相官邸(しゅしょうかんてい)の前(まえ)に集(あつ)まっている。

Reporters are gathering in front of the prime minister's office.

この方針(ほうしん)は省庁(しょうちょう)ではなく首相官邸(しゅしょうかんてい)が主導(しゅどう)して決(き)めたと言(い)われている。

This policy is said to have been decided at the initiative of the prime minister's office rather than the ministries.

Often shortened to 官邸(かんてい) in news reports. Used both for the physical building and, by extension, for the prime minister's inner circle as a centre of political power.

Common collocations

官邸(かんてい)主導(しゅどう): leadership driven by the prime minister's office
首相官邸(しゅしょうかんてい)に入(はい)る: to enter the prime minister's office
官邸(かんてい)の意向(いこう): the wishes of the prime minister's office

Similar words

公邸(こうてい): official residence — where the prime minister lives, next to the 官邸(かんてい) where he works
国会(こっかい)議事堂(ぎじどう): the Diet building — the legislature, a separate institution

Related Words

Compare: 公邸(こうてい) (official residence)

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Added 2026.7.26 3:20 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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